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.
We were very excited that the soil temperature had been hovering over 60 for a week, so we got beans and corns in the ground last week. So far so good, then this week has been cool and cloudy, and yesterday we had a full day of, cold, soaking rain, and then a cold wind… Continue reading Don’t be hasty
 spent a few mornings over the last couple weeks, running loads of wood chips out to the food hedge. Not very time efficient, takes about an hour to load up drive out unload and drive back, but eventually we got it done. This was the most difficult section to mulch, because every shovelful had… Continue reading Mulching the food hedge
Carrots, parsnips, onions, beets
Baby girl is not at all afraid of the geese. As a result, they are afraid of her. She is not afraid because Mommy is watching over her.
After the devastation caused by the slugs, it was time for a garden day. The soil temperature has been hovering between 65 and 70 degrees, and the volunteer squashes have begun popping up where the chickens missed the seeds over the winter (a sure sign that it is warm enough to germinate most seeds). The… Continue reading A Gardening Kind of Day
Saturday morning before sunrise I loaded up the pickup with the bean trellises to take them to the farm. Since we are not doing a garden at home this year, we decided to take them where we are growing a garden and put them to use there. IAfter setting them up, preparatory to planting beans… Continue reading Slug-apocalypse!
Thursday is usually a fairly short day of work. Thanks to some recent changes in Daddy's work schedule, it should soon be a day off for both Mommy and Daddy! Then we will have a family day every week (until we fill it to the brim with errands and extra-curricular activities and such...) But for… Continue reading Thursday Afternoon
For one, we actually managed to make plans and bring them to fruition to get Mommy the mother’s day present she really wanted this year. Although Winnie thinks the cows were a Winnie day present. When is Winnie Day, you ask? Every day is Winnie Day.
It's amazing what we can accomplish with a few hours of work and some motivated helpers. Miss Winnie fits Seppi's old cowboy boots. Man work! Not quite big enough for Daddy's sunglasses. Ellie was sent to go get a roll of wire from the barn. Apparently she needed Seppi and a wheelbarrow to bring it… Continue reading The Sheep Shelter
Little Farm in the Big City 