Archive for the ‘Farm - All’ Category
March 8, 2010 – Fog Sets In
With the warming temperatures and deep low clouds overhead, a dense fog has/is enveloping us.
Even during the day it is not clearing out. But signs of green are appearing in the mud season!
one year ago…”Sunday Afternoon Class”
March 6, 2010 – Ewe Lamb Births with no Problem
Our second ewe has given birth without any problems. We checked the barn in the morning and these two boys were just born and still wet.
This was the birth we were most worried about since the ewe was only a year old. But as you can see, momma did just fine! She’s a very vocal ...Read more.
March 5, 2010 – Basement Woes Over?
After what seemed like a long time doing the kitchen dishes in a tub and not using the dishwasher, the basement plumbing is finally fixed.
This is during the throes of the replumbing. This hole will contain a sump pit and that will service the floor drains and will also accommodate part of the moving of ...Read more.
March 4, 2010 – Thingamajig Thursday #198
This week’s Thingamajig Thursday is a little different – see how many clues you need to get the answer.
You’ve probably seen me on TV in the last month.
I grew up in a house with no running water or electricity.
I grew up a vegetarian.
I own a 630 acre farm in New Hampshire that contains an organic ...Read more.
March 3, 2010 – Here Comes the Sun
Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it’s all right.
- George Harrison
Indeed, the only slightly sub-freezing days are slowly melting the snow and ice.
It has been a long, cold lonely winter, and it does feel ...Read more.
March 2, 2010 – One Cat or Two?
Ora (black) and Steeeeve! (gray) enjoy lounging in the strengthening spring rays.
Do you prefer to see one cat in an old bushel basket on a sunny day?
Or do you prefer to see two cats in a basket?
one year ago…”Real Raised Beds”
March 1, 2010 – Early March Driveway
After a long winter without seeing below the ice and snow of the driveway, the first patches are appearing.
To think, one year, we put some seeds in the soil on February 28! I could tell you where the gardens are, but soil is nowhere to be seen.
one year ago…”Old Wood Cookstove”
February 28, 2010 – Tank Delivers!
There indeed was a reason Tank was getting so very large – she was carrying three good-sized lambs!
Here she is with two of them trying to get some milk from momma – two females and one male.
Here’s the third triplet, just hours after giving birth – Tank did it all on her 0wn – we ...Read more.
February 27, 2010 – Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference
For the last few days we’ve been attending the Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference in La Crosse, WI. Each year it seems to get bigger. When we first started attending, it was at a convent, then it moved to UW-La Crosse, and now at the La Crosse convention center. Nearly 3,000 attended ...Read more.
February 26, 2010 – Accordian Skywalk Player
I don’t imagine you can go too many places and meet an accordian player in the skywalk.
But La Crosse, Wisconsin, is evidently one such place. I knew we must be getting close to the Upper Midwest Organic Farming conference when we heard the accordian music drifting towards us.
one year ago…”Thingamajig Thursday #155″
February 25, 2010 – Thingamajig Thursday #197
Here’s this week’s thingamajig Thursday.
Also check out the last thingamajig answer.
As always, put your guess in a comment below.
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one year ago…”Quick Hard Cider Recipe”
February 24, 2010 – When I was Growing Up…
When I was growing up, chocolate covered cherries came eight to a tray.
Sadly, the last box I received only had five to a tray. It takes a lot of gall to put only five chocolate covered cherries in a space designed for eight!
one year ago…”Willow Bouquet”
February 23, 2010 – Pot O’ Soup
It’s that time of year – winter drags on, colds appear.
Guess what’s for dinner?
Vat ‘o chicken soup with dumplings! Good for whatever ails you!
one year ago…”Winter Willow Nursery”
February 22, 2010 – Snowbanks Along Hwy 20
This weekend Linda had a speaking gig in Storm Lake, IA. We’ve had a lot of snow, but up in northwest Iowa, the snow is even more extreme.
Large stretches of Highway 20 west of Fort Dodge have long stretches with snow this tall along the north shoulder of the highway. With our current forecast of ...Read more.
