They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Got a few hours in the pasture this afternoon after work. Cool day, with a fine, soft drizzle, just the sort to soak in slowly over the course of a night. Not ideal weather for setting fence posts, but when you have the time and the materials, you have to do the work. We drilled… Continue reading Setting fence posts
A very productive day of garden yesterday. All kinds of harvesting going on. Tomato yield has been improving, we were able to get four quarts of sauce tomatoes in the freezer. We had about twice that many with end rot on them, so we are going to treat them with calcium again as soon as… Continue reading ‘Maters and Corns and Beans, Oh my!
We sent the kids out to pick tomatoes yesterday. I guess you could call this mission success. And ten minutes later… “Daddy, let me in, I picked some more!” Oh, and a bunch of grapes that they were Not supposed to pick, but somehow it got picked anyway. So… Anyone want some snacking tomatoes?
Some friends gave us a rooster last weekend. Handsome feller, but so far hasn’t really meshed with the gang, so to speak. But onto more important news, we have now had the geese in the paddock with the meat birds for two nights, and have had the same count of meat birds both mornings. It… Continue reading Geese on Guard
Felt compelled to scribble this out on a blank sheet of paper this morning before the kids got up. Wasn’t sure why at the time, figured it out since then.
What do you do when you have leftover mashed potatoes? Obviously, you make donuts. Mommy and the girls made the dough yesterday, while the menfolk were running errands and mending fences. Today after mass, she pulled it out of the refrigerator and cut it into circles. We don’t have a donut cutter, so she just… Continue reading Mashed potato donuts
As we mentioned in our last chicken post, we did get the meat birds out on past year. We have a few critiques thus far. Let’s just say the system has pros and cons. First the pros: Super easy to do the chores. Just put the feed in the feeder put the water in the… Continue reading Apparently the meat birds are tasty
A beautiful heirloom marriage, without a trace of blossom end rot. Four days after treating the tomatoes for blossom, end rot with the lime, the “end rot“ spray that we ordered from Amazon finally arrived. By that time we were already starting to see a bunch of well formed sauce tomatoes without end rot, although… Continue reading Tomato update.
And peppers. Oh yeah, the bean leaves stick to you. Endless source of amusement. Yes, there is a grumpy face. Believe it or not not everyone is always excited about harvesting beans. Winnie is excited about it, though Taste test! All of these peas are for the Winnie! Uncle Adam kept all the peas at… Continue reading Beans, beans, beans
Busy day today. Not only was it the first day of the new school year (homeschooling, you'll get used to it) but we got the chicks out on pasture. I say chicks, but they are going into their fourth week, and these things are huge. Uncle Adam was kind enough to get the electrical netting… Continue reading Putting the Chicks on Pasture
Little Farm in the Big City 