A friend of mine recently was visiting and brought a great book that he thought I might enjoy. Was he ever right! The Contrary Farmer by Gene Logsdon is proving to be a very entertaining read. Part informational and part storytelling he mixes anecdotes and country wisdom together seamlessly. I’m about 2/3 of the way [...]
That time of year is in full swing. You know I’m talking about canning season when there is always some sort of produce stacked in the kitchen waiting to be processed so it can be saved for winter. So far this year we have doubled the amount we put away last year and there is [...]
We stopped by one of our neighbours place the other day for a visit with the kids. We normally chat on Saturdays at the market so when we found out they live just up the road we had to stop by to say hello. They have red polled cattle, goats, ducks and chickens at their [...]
I’m tickled pink as we just recently harvested the first vegetable from the garden. The lovely little fellow pictured below was started from a seed many months ago in our old house and upon the verge of death transplanted to our new garden. A couple weeks later and they all perked up and are ready [...]
The veggies from our CSA are coming fast and furious each Saturday now. As opposed to lettuce mix, spinach and beet greens we are actually getting real beets, carrots and scallions. This means most of Saturday afternoons are spent washing produce and filling the fridge. Once we get a bit further into summer it also [...]
