Hopefully it tastes good too.
Month: April 2025
Guttering.
Weather on Tuesday was what Koreans call 호랑이 장가가는 날. (Ho-rang-i chang-ga ga-nin nal, literally translated means "the day of going to the tiger's wedding" but is an idiom for a day with clouds, rain and sunshine all together). After a rainy morning the sun came out brilliantly at lunch time, so I decided to… Continue reading Guttering.
The Meat Ducks
After our success with raising ducks last year, we have decided to raise a batch of meat ducks this year. We bought twenty Grimaud Pekins from Metzer farm. They are a fast-growing variety of pekin ducks from a French breeder (Grimaud) that are supposed to have a more efficient feed conversion ratio, and reach 8… Continue reading The Meat Ducks
Closing up part of the ditch
Saturday was a brief spell of good weather between two rainy stretches. I took advantage of it to replace one of the frost-free hydrants. Taking off the old hydrant is easy. Just pin the elbow on the bottom and twist it off. I took the extra step of cutting the poly pipe and installing a… Continue reading Closing up part of the ditch
Make Ready for Ducklings
I am so strong!
Monday Daddy and the two youngest went down to TSC to pick up some fencing supplies for our next project. We loaded them in the bed of our long-suffering pickup truck. It was raining off and on all morning. Once we got to the farm it was time to unload the truck. Seppi is very… Continue reading I am so strong!
Bread and Lamb Breast
We hosted Lords Day, not too long back and decided to try making the bread from fresh ground flour. It takes about 15 minutes to grind enough flour for a large loaf of chala bread. Adam had it mostly done before I even got inside, but his comment was, “that’s good cardio! That’s a bunch… Continue reading Bread and Lamb Breast
Tomato troubles
Let's see how the tomatoes are doing in their little house. Look at this... Happy little 'mater plant in there. Look at him just growing away. But that was before we sowed sunflower seeds. Two days later... All the tomatoes are looking great except the two closest to the water riser. Those have been trampled… Continue reading Tomato troubles
Homeschooling
So let's see here. We have Evie working on a Latin quiz while Ellie "helps" her by balancing on a medicine ball and swinging on the rings. Seppi is trying to assassinate me with Uncle's Hussar Calvary saber (and failing to cover his head). Meanwhile, Winnie... Winnie? Winnie! Where are you? Just another day at… Continue reading Homeschooling
More Plumbing
We dug a ditch yesterday. Why? Because we are the dwarfs. And therefore we are digging a hole. (Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hoooooooole!) Actually, there is more to it than that. Last year we knew that we had some leaks in the water line somewhere so we spent a good chunk of the autumn… Continue reading More Plumbing
Little Farm in the Big City 