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.
Busy week last week, in a flu-like sort of way. That's right, the dreaded influenza A ripped through the house like a bull in a Chinese shop who just learned that ox-tail soup was the special of the week. Despite not feeling good on Monday, Farmer Seppi started bok choi, swiss chard, celery (way overdue)… Continue reading Catch Up Post
By Evie. 2/14/2025 Hi! Its Three Hearts Farm back to tell you about the cold snap or should I say ice snap Lets start at the beginning. A few days ago my dad found out that the geese were standing on their water trough. Their frozen water trough! So this is what we have been… Continue reading ALL THAT ICE!
It’s still going on. Och, Moo, Laddie.
Tasted these after 10 days in the ferment. Daddy and Uncle like them a lot. So do Winnie and Seppi. Everyone else thinks they are either "interesting" or "gross." To each their own. Daddy and Winnie will probably eat all the rest of them ourselves.
Some time last week: Mommy: "The ducks are checking out the duckmobile! The two white ones were even going in the laying boxes!" Later that day: Seppi was upset that Winnie was using HIS yellow wheelbarrow. Until I told him he was big enough to use the big green one! Then it was a race!… Continue reading Duck Eggs!
Leg 1. Starting weight: 2.098 kg Recipe 1: 160g (90g salt [4.2%]) rub for one week in fridge. Salt box dredge without weighing for 9 days. Second weight 1.80 kg, (14.2% weight loss). Hung 1/18/2024 @ 60 degrees F, 50% humidity. Target weight: 1.47 kg Weight after 40 hours:1.70 kg. Weight after adding strutto: 1.85… Continue reading Lamb Prosciutto Update
Ellie has been sewing a quilt. She started about 6 months ago, around the time Evie started doing sewing 4H. Ellie felt left out because she is a clover bud, too young to join the sewing club. So we picked out some fat quarters and she started working on her first 9-patch. It is the… Continue reading The Quilting Frame
They are sprouting!
Last week Seppi and Winnie and Daddy spent a day in the workshop because it was too cold for Winnie outside. We made two woodworking projects. The first was a planter shelf. The seedlings we planted last week have started nicely. At least the cabbages and brussels sprouts have started. The Peppers, according to the… Continue reading Happy Little Plants
https://youtube.com/shorts/r3qUc0FtejA?feature=share There! A nice little seedling planter shelf. https://youtu.be/QUd4A0bv8ZI
Little Farm in the Big City 