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.
One of my strongest pieces of advice to anyone looking to get into gardening is to start without a plan. Seriously, just put some seeds in the ground, and see what happens. This should be a relatively small piece of ground. Or a pot. In one growing season you will have opportunity to learn a… Continue reading Re-routing the Garden Fence
Just another normal Monday at the house/farm/homeschool. Bread is in the oven. The dibbuns made the two smaller ones. Critters are doing their school. Let's check on our science experiment... So, there was a bit of a complication with the last batch of hard cider. After we transferred it to secondary fermentation, a day later… Continue reading Hard Cider, batch two
Cow salt and sheep salt are not the same. I don't know if you know this. You may have thought that we just salted our cow and our sheep with the same generic table salt, but you would be wrong. Sheep salt has to be granular, not blocked, because sheep have smooth tongues. They cannot… Continue reading Salt Boxes
Yesterday was day 17 of the hard cider experiment. According to the "Brew Book." Which is gleen, in fact, not brue, but it works. I have been keeping meticulous notes in an old school note book. On the way back south after a National Guard day (long story) I stopped by our local home brew… Continue reading Hardening the Cider: Secondary Fermentation.
Almost a year ago, Daddy and Winnie went to an estate sale where they were selling a bunch of old tools. Most of the good ones had been sold already, but we were able to pick up a few vises and an old wooden tri-plane. It was quite cheap (of course I don't remember the… Continue reading Rebuilding the Block Plane
https://youtube.com/shorts/j49IEp-aJek?feature=share Yes, it really is this chaotic around here. All day every day.
Frosty morning yesterday.
We have been getting quince from our quince tree. It is that time of year. The Havran is completely empty, but the Van Deman still has a good number of (much smaller) fruit. The quince are sharp and astringent, and quite hard to chew, when raw. Not pleasant at all. However... If you grate or… Continue reading Quince and Walnut Crumble
It is that time of year! Winter Squash season! Ellie is well known for the deliciousness of her steamed squash. This is probably related to the fact that she does not believe in skimping on the butter or the brown sugar. First step is to cut the squashes in half and scoop out the seeds… Continue reading Squash and Buttered Roots
Little Farm in the Big City 