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 isn't quite fall yet, but don't let that stop us. The winter garden crops are coming in strong. With the issues we had this summer with rodents chewing the sprinkler hoses, we are experimenting with getting most of the hoses off the ground. It seems to be working well so far, but it requires… Continue reading Fall Gardening
Tuesday was the day we got around to harvesting our wheat. It was a bit disappointing. If you look closely at the picture above you will see that a significant number of the wheat stalks are missing their seed head. In this section it was 50% or more, most other sections were not hit quite… Continue reading Harvesting Wheat and Garlic
Steers are on the North Pasture now, as of Monday, 5/5/2025. Beautiful green grass, so juicy and tender looking, I almost want to eat it myself. Uncle Adam running loads of mulch with a wheelbarrow. And when I say "running" I mean actually running as fast as he can. Since we overturned and rebuilt the… Continue reading Morning Chores and Miscellany
The big kids all got to go fishing with Deedee and Papa over this last three days, so Winnie was an only child for a few days. While she likes having Mommy and Daddy all to herself (she especially enjoys lying across both our laps for our evening Rosary) she misses her siblings when they… Continue reading A Winnie and Daddy day.
Let's see how the tomatoes are doing in their little house. Look at this... Happy little 'mater plant in there. Look at him just growing away. But that was before we sowed sunflower seeds. Two days later... All the tomatoes are looking great except the two closest to the water riser. Those have been trampled… Continue reading Tomato troubles
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!
Little Farm in the Big City 