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 has been a while since any update. There is a good reason for this. Grandma Ann is visiting and we have been spending time vacationing with her. We drove down to the Oregon coast for a few days, chiefly to watch the kids playing on the beach, to judge from the pictures we brought… Continue reading Fancy Fencing
When we had the pigs butchered last fall we made sure to ask the butchers to save us the lard. Why? Because that's the homesteading thing to do. Apparently you can cook with it, bake with it, make soap and candles with it, and all kinds of other things. We have only just begun researching… Continue reading Good Lard!
When I was a kid, I hated doing farm chores. They were the same every day, and they took time away from the things I really wanted to be doing, a.k.a., reading books and daydreaming. Now, I love the days when I get to do chores. The simple repetition, the ritual of caring for the… Continue reading Chores
Winnies favorite animals? The piggies! We love how friendly and gentle these pigs are with our littlest farmer.
We do not allow ourselves leisure so that we will be able to work better. We work so that we will be able to be at leisure. (Paraphrase of Josef Pieper, "Leisure, the basis of culture.") We got home from Mass and told the girls to change out of their church clothes into their relaxing… Continue reading A Quiet Sunday
One of the major projects on the farm --- in fact, you might almost say the major project on the farm --- is finishing the perimeter fence around the pastures. This is the major project because without a perimeter fence there is no pasture. To do intensive rotational grazing there are two things you absolutely… Continue reading Racing the Sun
Welcome to my inaugural post! My hope is to share with you how we use the bounty we harvest from Three Hearts Farm to feed our family and community. There is something very satisfying about being able to grow and make food for others. This weekend we were had the opportunity to do just that.… Continue reading Saturday Night Dinner
Well, Esmerelda may be still suspicious of the two-legged ones, but the boys, Lard and Bacon, are more than happy to hang out with Ellie… If she is carrying a food bucket.
Well, our three little pigs are doing well after almost two weeks. They have ugly, wrinkly little faces. They have figured out where the warm place to snuggle on cold nights is. They have figured out that the dog is annoying but can't actually get at them. They have learned that the geese are probably… Continue reading The Pee Little Thrigs
Today Daddy and Seppi and Winnie drove down to Olympia to buy our new pigs. Winnie was very excited to see them at first, but she got scared by their squeals when they were carried over to get their ears tagged and get loaded into the crate. Two barrows and a gilt, all registered Meishans.… Continue reading New Piggies!
