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Here’s what the gardens look like now in mid-August. The heat has been 102* for the last three days - I guess maybe it’s time for that mean, ol’ dry land gardener to drag out the sprinklers and soaker hoses!
We’re just been busy keeping everybody (except us) in [...]
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Vegetable tour - progess and notes
Posted in agriculture, farm as desired, farm life, frugal farming, frugal living, greenhouse, seed saving, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm life, feed yourself!, frugal farming, greenhouse, seed saving, sustainability, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on August 16, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Winter
Posted in agriculture, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, sustainability, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, over-winter vegetables, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on August 4, 2008 | 12 Comments »
We spend all summer harvesting sunlight, just so we can meter it out over the dark days of late fall, and winter, and then the lean spring while waiting for the new spring growth. Grass, firewood, hay, vegetables, meat, milk, seeds, fruit and suntans. It’s no wonder we worship the sun. We long for it, and [...]
Farnsworth, you’ve got weeds
Posted in agriculture, biodynamic farming, easily amused, farm as desired, farm life, greenhouse, seed saving, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, farm life, greenhouse, seed saving, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on July 16, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Poor Farnsworth, I know how he feels - I’ve got a bad case of weeds too! Some are by my own hand, which, when they present themselves, make the light bulb go on (sometimes.)
I won’t take the blame for these weedy garlic rows. Overwintering alliums are hard to keep weed free, since they span two [...]
This last week in the garden - vegetables
Posted in agriculture, farm as desired, farm life, greenhouse, seed saving, sustainability, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm life, greenhouse, seed saving, self-sufficiency, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on July 5, 2008 | 10 Comments »
It’s always a struggle to get things in the gardens and greenhouse under control before we start haying. So far, we’re behind. While the guys were making noise yesterday, I snapped off all the garlic scapes for pesto, and the bolting tops on the multiplier onions, the weeds in the garlic I think I will [...]
Biting off more than I can …
Posted in farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, wildlife, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, farm life, greenhouse, grow your own food, self-sufficiency, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on June 5, 2008 | 11 Comments »
chew, weed, can, freeze - fill in the blank.
About this time of year, I get impatient. When I’m on the tractor tilling the garden, it looks too small. When I’m planting seeds, or weeding it looks way TOO big. I change my mind about things about 10 times a day at least. It always gets [...]
Trying not to be wasteful
Posted in agriculture, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, lost skills, pastured poultry, seed saving, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, wildlife, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, locavore, pastured poultry, seed saving, self-sufficiency, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on June 3, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I always feel guilty if I waste food. Whether from over planting, or being over zealous in my harvesting. I try to ask myself, “Is this better on the vine, in the ground, … , OR in the refrigerator?” The refrigerator is usually the most wasteful place for me, it costs money to run, and [...]
The year of the gradual garden
Posted in agriculture, cattle, family cow, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, heirloom fruit, milk cow, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, family cow, farm dogs, farm life, greenhouse, grow your own food, heirloom fruit, locavore, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on May 31, 2008 | 9 Comments »
After the big letdown with Jetta’s calving, I was kind of glad that it rained most of the week. I just didn’t feel like planting any garden. We let Jetta lick and clean her calf, and eat the placenta. The amniotic fluid on the calf, contains natural pain inhibitors, and eating the placenta helps prolong colostrum [...]
Jetta is going into therapy
Posted in agriculture, cattle, easily amused, family cow, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, milk cow, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, wildlife, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, family cow, farm dogs, farm life, greenhouse, pastured poultry, vegetable gardening, wildlife, zero mile foodshed on May 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
She has to - she can’t deal with her owner anymore! I broke down and called the vet yesterday, and he gave me several reasons that I shouldn’t worry about the calf.
• The first baby can come at anytime.
• The bull, (whom we only know as Willy) may throw late calves.
• The owner can’t [...]
It’s not the planting
Posted in compost, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, compost, composted animal manure, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, self-sufficiency, sustainability, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on May 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s not the actual planting, it’s all the work beforehand and after, that takes so much time. Making compost, seeding, tending, irrigation planning, and soil preparation. This list could go on in more detail, but, it’s a long time and a lot of work from the idea of growing your own food, to get that food to the table. [...]
I’m worried
Posted in Belly Acres (rant), farm as desired, farm life, greenhouse, sustainability, wildlife, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm life, greenhouse, pollution, self-sufficiency, wildlife on May 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Not about Jetta, just about the world we live in, in general.
Last night, while working in the greenhouse, this was the only bee in there! We couldn’t keep our honey bees safe from black bears, so we quit trying to raise them, thinking native pollinators would do enough.
Living in a maritime climate, we have many cloudy, overcast [...]
New stuff, but no baby Jetta
Posted in cattle, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, pastured poultry, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged beef cattle, farm life, greenhouse, pastured poultry, self-sufficiency, vegetable gardening, wildlife, zero mile foodshed on May 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
We moved the cows from the Coyote (here we pronounce it Ki-yo-tee) field and through Cougar Heaven with no mishaps. One calf was born in the woods, but his mom bedded (told) him in the field we were moving them to. Smart Cow - she’s Jetta’s aunt, one of my mutts!
The road to Cougar Heaven.
I [...]
Cool to warm- the greenhouse
Posted in cattle, easily amused, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, seed saving, sustainability, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, seed saving, sustainability, vegetables, zero mile foodshed on May 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s that time of year when the greenhouse morphs from a safe haven for cool colors and foods to the hot vibrant colors and flavors of heat loving crops. The biggest challenge to planting for the summer, is getting the soil saturated beforehand. In my lottery dreams - I would rebuild my greenhouses and make them [...]
What we’re eating, the transition.
Posted in canning, early days, farm as desired, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, heirloom fruit, lost skills, scratch cooking, sustainability, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, early farm life, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, lost skills, over-winter vegetables, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on May 3, 2008 | 11 Comments »
JETTA UPDATE: Still waiting…
The garden of last year is a dim memory except for my hieroglyphic garden notes, and a few choice and not so choice tidbits.
Jonathan (old style), picked October 2007.
These were stored on the north side porch all winter. Sunlight never reaches this side of the house, so the temperature does not flucuate very [...]
A little nature and a whole lotta nurture.
Posted in farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, pastured poultry, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, chickens, farm dogs, farm life, greenhouse, pastured poultry, Salatin-style farming on May 2, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Cornish Cross chicks in brooder - day 5. “Are we in the forest?”
I’m not a PC chicken farmer. By this I mean I don’t let my chickens free-range. There I said it! The F-word of the pastured poultry world. But, I know raising these chickens for part of our meat supply is an un-natural task. [...]
Weekend highlights and greenhouse love
Posted in compost, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, milk cow, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, composted animal manure, farm life, greenhouse, over-winter vegetables, vegetables, zero mile foodshed on April 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Despite my whining about the re-fencing, I was able to get some garden chores off of my list.
Hoping to accomplish by May 1st, weather permitting:
♣ Dig the last of the parsnips for the milk cow, and also cook some to check quality.
The cow thinks they are OK, the human thinks they look OK, despite 8″ of [...]
Crazy, normal week as usual
Posted in family cow, farm life, greenhouse, lost skills, milk cow, vegetables, tagged biodynamics, greenhouse, milk cow training, weather, weeds on April 18, 2008 | 11 Comments »
“In order to teach, there is a lot more to learn.” Bud Williams, cattleman, low stress livestock handler extraordnaire.
Jetta update: Taking the heifer by the horns, literally, has put me in control. Somewhat. My daughter told me I looked nervous the other morning during chores. She was right. The routine is working and all my [...]
Moon not holding water
Posted in farm as desired, farm life, greenhouse, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm life, greenhouse, over-winter vegetables on April 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m always comforted when the clouds clear, and I can see the moon. Today it wasn’t holding water, which means it’s going to be dry for several days. Duh! Does the moon think I don’t watch the weathermen on TV? I do, but I don’t know why, my barometer and the animals, soil, grass and wind [...]
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