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.
Got back from our family vacation early Thursday morning, and after a short day of work, went over and picked up the pork that we had cut up by a local butcher. And that is how you fit, two pigs, three chickens, and a box of tomatoes in one freezer. All told roughly about 540… Continue reading Pork!
Last Monday, we finally got around to digging the beets. Next year we need to maintain some closer follow up on them, and get them out of the ground no more than 60 days after they go in. Some of them were quite overgrown and they had a sharper, stronger flavor than I am used… Continue reading Beets in the ground
Yesterday was a very truncated day at the farm, but we still managed to get a good chunk of work done. The tomatoes have been splitting like crazy with all the rain we've been getting, but we still managed to pick three buckets of good ones. Ellie is such a good little tomato washer! We… Continue reading Autumn Pumpkins
It is getting very cold and wet out there most days, so we decided to pull the remaining onions and bring them in to dry so they don’t rot. Most of them are pretty small, which is why we didn’t pick them earlier. Ellie Belle did the honors of picking them and stacking them on… Continue reading Bringing in the Onions
Last Saturday the three older kids went on a trip with Deedee and Papa over the pass to Yakima. While they were there they picked two boxes of apples: golden delicious, empire and gala. They brought them home and dropped them off in our garage so of course, what did we do Monday morning? We… Continue reading Lost in the (apple) sauce
Punctuation, it matters. Anyway… The jack on the horse trailer bit the dust on our last trip when we went down to pick up straw bales. Finally got around to replacing it today. Not all jobs on the farm are big jobs. Some are perfect jobs for a little man to help. And that’s that,… Continue reading New trailer, jack!
The big wet and rainy is here. The days of beautiful weather are behind us. We may get one or two here in there, but from now on, it is pretty much just rain until next spring. After the heavy, homeschool lift, and baking and laundry and dishes are done for the morning, and errands… Continue reading Rainy day in the shop
https://youtu.be/B2MAv8EwWqI Last week we finished our buckwheat project. Alas, it was not fit for human consumption, and the effort necessary to make it so was not worth while. We identified a few things to fix for next year. For one thing, it went into the ground too late in the year, so that it reached… Continue reading Winnowing the Buckwheat: Lessons Learned.
Saturday was a busy day at the farm. We had 11 chickens to butcher. The kids helped us get set up, But some of them are too small to help, and they spent most of the morning in the Redneck playpen. How longest part of the set up was waiting for the water to get… Continue reading Chicken in the freezer
Thursday… Friday morning. Friday afternoon. What a difference a Day can make.
Little Farm in the Big City 