Archive for April, 2010

Hello Ladies.

April 25th, 2010 Ryan No Comments »

Spring is in the air and once again there are fresh eggs to be had. Our last layers were nearing the end of their laying cycle and once winter was upon us we figured they would serve us better as soup stock than as non layers freezing their butts off all winter long. The girls [...]

It Lives!

April 11th, 2010 Ryan No Comments »

So begins year number two of growing garlic here on the homestead. The girls helped me plant the bulbs last fall with me manning the dibber and marking the distance between bulbs and them pressing the seed into the earth and covering it over. Then a nice healthy blanket of leaves appropriated from the around [...]

The Cycle Begins Again.

April 4th, 2010 Ryan 4 Comments »

With temperatures in the 20′s over the last few days it seems the wood burning days are done for the year once again. Those of you that heat your home with wood know what that means right? Time to start cutting, splitting and stacking once again for the next winter season. I got an early [...]