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.
After eating the first leg of lamb prosciutto, we got behind on checking on the prosciutto, between National Guard and vacation. Leg 1. Jan 2, Starting weight: 2.098 kg Recipe 1: 160g (90g salt [4.2%]) rub for one week in fridge. Jan 9. Salt box dredge without weighing for 9 days. Jan 18. Second weight… Continue reading Prosciutto Update
It's a busy time of year for the garden. Also a tricky one. Western Washington has a tendency to draw spring out, somewhat unnecessarily, as it seems to us who grew up elsewhere. In Upstate NY, spring is a couple of weeks of mud, followed by summer. Average air temps and soil temps go up… Continue reading Garden Catch-Up
Hazel bush. Elderberry. Goumi berry. Black berry. Josta berry. Willow. Look at that color! Time to start setting up fences!
Sorry about the long silence for the last two weeks. We went right from a National Guard weekend into a vacation, and both of those take some recovering from. So even though we were back at the farm on Monday, we didn't actually get any farming done other than the chores, because we had food… Continue reading We’re Back! And Fresh Ground Flour
You know that one kid, that wakes up before all the other kids, and gets up and after it while everyone else is still working on getting up? On Tuesday that was Winnie. This is a picture of her running around the living room singing "Get up! Get up! Time to Get Up!" and "What… Continue reading Muddy
To recap, sheep were slaughtered Monday, December 30. Leg 1. Jan 2, Starting weight: 2.098 kg Recipe 1: 160g (90g salt [4.2%]) rub for one week in fridge. Jan 9. Salt box dredge without weighing for 9 days. Jan 18. Second weight 1.80 kg, (14.2% weight loss). Aging Day 1: Hung 1/18/2024 @ 60 degrees… Continue reading Lamb Prosciutto update
I love these little girls so much! One of them is not so little anymore. Those carharts and stripy insulated rain coat were Evie's once, and they are still going strong. Parsnip seeds and carrot seeds are too small to be worth planting individually using the form, so we just scatter them thinly. Or not… Continue reading Gardening Buddies
Saturday was a busy day, with auto-repair, confessions, and a wedding. But that's no reason not to get in a couple hours of work. Another pathway, another garden bed. We are running out of time, as usual. After Tuesday we won't be able to get back to the garden for almost two weeks.
The geese are in full on nesting mode right now. The gander has gotten so aggressive he had to be fenced off from the ducks behind the electric netting. He'll even attack a human, unless you smack his bill with a stick. This is why. Mrs. Goose is laying eggs! It's make or break time… Continue reading You’re a mean one, Mr. Goose.
Little Farm in the Big City 