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.
Cow salt and sheep salt are not the same. I don't know if you know this. You may have thought that we just salted our cow and our sheep with the same generic table salt, but you would be wrong. Sheep salt has to be granular, not blocked, because sheep have smooth tongues. They cannot… Continue reading Salt Boxes
Yesterday was day 17 of the hard cider experiment. According to the "Brew Book." Which is gleen, in fact, not brue, but it works. I have been keeping meticulous notes in an old school note book. On the way back south after a National Guard day (long story) I stopped by our local home brew… Continue reading Hardening the Cider: Secondary Fermentation.
Almost a year ago, Daddy and Winnie went to an estate sale where they were selling a bunch of old tools. Most of the good ones had been sold already, but we were able to pick up a few vises and an old wooden tri-plane. It was quite cheap (of course I don't remember the… Continue reading Rebuilding the Block Plane
https://youtube.com/shorts/j49IEp-aJek?feature=share Yes, it really is this chaotic around here. All day every day.
Frosty morning yesterday.
We have been getting quince from our quince tree. It is that time of year. The Havran is completely empty, but the Van Deman still has a good number of (much smaller) fruit. The quince are sharp and astringent, and quite hard to chew, when raw. Not pleasant at all. However... If you grate or… Continue reading Quince and Walnut Crumble
It is that time of year! Winter Squash season! Ellie is well known for the deliciousness of her steamed squash. This is probably related to the fact that she does not believe in skimping on the butter or the brown sugar. First step is to cut the squashes in half and scoop out the seeds… Continue reading Squash and Buttered Roots
Earlier this year we put plant protectors around a bunch of our orchard shrubs and pasture trees. This was in order to facilitate letting the sheep and cows pulse through the orchard to mow the grass down for us, without letting them browse all the leaves off the figs, mulberries and currants (I'm looking at… Continue reading Protecting the Orchard Plants… more.
Halloween fell on a Friday this year, and Daddy had the day off work. Since we were planning on going up to Enumclaw around lunch time, Daddy decided to get to the farm early and get in a few hours of work before that. So after feeding the animals, I got right to work in… Continue reading Subdividing the South Pasture: One more Fence Anchor
Little Farm in the Big City 