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 had an unexpected Man Work Monday this week. We had to take Mr. Seppi to the doctor on Monday (he put a rock in his ear on Sunday, and neither Daddy at home nor the doctor at the ER could get it out), but the truck was in the shop, and Mommy could not… Continue reading Man Work Monday
Before. After. Before. After. Not a bad job, guys.
Our quince are starting to get ripe. They smell vaguely like Juicy Fruit gum. According to our research you want to leave them on the tree until October or November, taking care not to let them get frosted. One of them had a big split down the middle of it, and the base was starting… Continue reading Quince Sauce
If there is one thing I have learned from working on the farm it is that you don't know what you don't know. You can plan and plot and run the scenario a dozen or a hundred times in your head, but still find out when you actually go to put it together that there… Continue reading A disappointing day
The grass is coming back in the pasture, slowly. To buy time until it is ready to put the sheep and cows back on it, we have run them through the orchard, and pastured them on the laneway, but they still want more. We don't want to feed them exclusively on hay before winter even… Continue reading Four Legged Brush Removal
The very first thing we made with our home-grown, home-milled wheat flour. Added water (and nothing else) to make a batter of a soupy consistency. Dropped on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. After about 5 minutes at 400 degrees we took them out and traced crosses in them, then baked them for another 5… Continue reading Altar Breads
Here it is, October. Not a ripe tomato to be seen!?
Stand is a little weak on the outsides of the rows. I might beef it up with some more seed. We have a few more weeks before the short sunlight day.
This week has kind of gotten away from us, in terms of getting out of control busy, but we still managed to push ahead on one project that has been in the works for the last year. We got the grain mill set up on the porch at the farm. This is not an ideal… Continue reading Milling the wheat
Homeschooling is a lot like farming. You never can tell how long it is going to take. The job that took 5 minutes last week might take 5 hours the next. The kids that did all their school perfectly without any need for input yesterday might not be able to manage 2+2 without asking for… Continue reading Odd Jobs
Little Farm in the Big City 