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.
It's been a while since we have blogged here. I promise we had a good reason. You see, Kathleen had a pregnancy craving. When she was pregnant with Winnie, that is. Not recently. This was two years ago. She had a craving for Doner, A greek-turkish kebab gyro that can only be found in Berlin.… Continue reading It’s been a minute
He who would organize a farm, plows a furrow in the sea. Abraham Lincoln (probably). Especially a farm with kids on it. Nevertheless, we keep trying. By the way, for those with a lot of canning jars, the glassware boxes from uHaul make excellent storage for empty jars (standard quarts and pints, not half gallons… Continue reading Organization
For supper today we had country style ribs from our pigs, cooked in our own barbecue sauce (ours, meaning Kathleen made it and canned it, not that we grew it ourselves), with butternut squash and green beans from our garden. Helping herself to some raw garlic (from our garden) which she chewed up and swallowed.… Continue reading Our Food
Last week we went "Shopping" in the shop, and Seppi picked out a nice, Seppi-sized pumpkin, because he wanted to make Pumpkin Muffins. Monday morning, bright and early, he brought his pumpkin upstairs from the garage, to make pumpkin something. Right now. He seemed oblivious to the fact that one does not simply cut the… Continue reading I want pumpkin something… Now!
We invited these fine fellows over for supper tonight…
It is never too early to start learning all about farming. In this case, silvopasture. Winnie’s favorite picture is Die freundlich Cu.
Winnies favorite animals? The piggies! We love how friendly and gentle these pigs are with our littlest farmer.
Seppi wants to make pumpkin muffins, so he went "shop"ping for pumpkins. In the shop. Where we keep our pumpkins. Isn't that a nice shopping bag? Thanks, Grandma Ann!
It has been getting cold for the last few days, well below freezing in the morning, and up into the upper 40's/low 50's during the day. The farm has been very foggy in the mornings and evenings. It is perched on a valley overlooking a river (not that you can see the river from the… Continue reading Getting Colder
