The swallow’s favorite vantage point. Every morning they land here on the shop roof, to warm up and plan their day. The recent rains have caused a flush of insects, so they have been busy. We counted 120+ of barn swallows and violet-green swallows. It’s not unusual to see 50 or so swooping around the [...]
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I guess it’s summer…
Posted in agriculture, biodynamic farming, cattle, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, recipes, scratch cooking, sustainability, vegetables, wildlife, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm life, recipes, scratch cooking, wildlife on August 23, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Making do
Posted in farm life, lost skills, recipes, scratch cooking, vegetables, wildlife, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm and forest, farm life, lost skills, recipes, scratch cooking, vegetables, zero mile foodshed on August 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I grew up eating out of our garden and orchard. Store bought didn’t happen very often. So, I don’t have any qualms about eating less than perfect looking food. With food prices on the rise and more people gardening, people will have to get used to blemished food. (Pesticides aren’t good for you, and sometimes it is easier to just [...]
Who put the ape in apricot?
Posted in easily amused, farm life, frugal living, personal, recipes, redneck moments, tagged easily amused, farm life, personal, recipes on August 5, 2008 | 17 Comments »
When I was little, I was always impatient with Fred Flintstone because when the cat threw him out for the night, he pounded on the door to have Wilma let him in, when he could have easily climbed in the window, because there was NO GLASS! I always dreamed that I would marry someone like Roger [...]
Apricot Jam recipe
Posted in canning, farm life, food preservation, recipes, scratch cooking, winter stores, tagged canning, farm life, recipes on August 3, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Here it is, Tansy, in all it’s runny glory. Be forewarned I don’t follow every rule or recipe.
So I made this one up. We rarely eat bread, and most of the “jam” I make, ends up in yogurt or on ice cream, or in apricot bars. We favor taste, over concrete-like jam. Maybe I should [...]
Busy
Posted in agriculture, farm life, personal, recipes, scratch cooking, tagged agriculture, farm life, farm tips, International Harvester, personal, recipes on July 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This is my view of late… running on empty!
Trying to stay out of the danger zone.
Weeding, haying, planting, fertilizing, not blogging and trying to cook some food up for hay hauling.
I usually fall back on junk food for snacks at this time of year. I’m still cooking it from scratch, but it is comfort food for [...]
The bounty of blogging
Posted in agriculture, biodynamic farming, cattle, family cow, farm as desired, farm life, lost skills, personal, recipes, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged family cow, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed, cattle, farm life, early farm life, daily farm life on June 25, 2008 | 11 Comments »
If I have a dismal season in the garden or hay department this year, maybe I can eat my words!
Blogging makes me feel even more accountable about what I say and do, here are some examples of things I’ve said of late that fit in the category of “DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO…”
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While waiting
Posted in agriculture, cattle, family cow, farm life, frugal living, milk cow, recipes, sustainability, winter stores, tagged family cow, farm life, recipes, frugal living, lost skills, self-sufficiency, herbal medicine on May 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Cajoling Jetta has become a weekly chore. I have tried new lead ropes, made by DH especially for her in her favorite color. New bridge washers on her cross ties, so she won’t hurt me herself fighting me as I try to milk her for the first time, etc. Nothing has worked. News today from [...]
More rhubarb
Posted in canning, family cow, farm as desired, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, lost skills, recipes, scratch cooking, sustainability, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, family cow, farm cooking, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, homesteading, recipes, scratch cooking, self-sufficiency, zero on May 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
While chained to the stove today, I was able to do other tasks that might come in handy if “someone” has her calf! Ooops - I’m talking about it!
♥ Boiled a kettle of potatoes in their jackets for hash browns, these will keep in the fridge for 4 or 5 days. Very handy, just saute [...]
Let the preserving begin
Posted in canning, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, recipes, scratch cooking, sustainability, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, farm dogs, farm living, food preservation, frugal living, healthy food, heirloom fruit, lost skills, preserving, recipes, self-sufficiency, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on May 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
One of my favorite things is to lie in bed at night and listen for the “Kerr-plink” of my canning jars sealing. The rhubarb is starting to bolt, so it was fish or cut bait. A quick inventory told me that I still had rhubarb in the freezer from last year and canned rhubarb sauce [...]
First calf, not Jetta’s :), :(
Posted in canning, cattle, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, pastured poultry, recipes, sustainability, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, beef cattle, cattle, chickens, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, pastured poultry, scratch cooking, self-sufficiency on May 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Jetta update: Nothing! Next Tuesday???
First calf of the season.
I was glad to see this guy, he the first. This cow had twins last year, she did as good a job as possible, but they were considerably smaller than the singletons. When fall came I sold them at auction since they were smaller, and always hungry. Since [...]
Stay in the ruts!
Posted in cattle, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, hydraulic ram, lost skills, pastured poultry, recipes, sustainability, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged farm life, frugal living, rotational grazing, scratch cooking, zero mile foodshed on April 22, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Finally, today it seems like a normal PNW spring. I awoke several times at night to hear rain on the roof. You would think I wouldn’t want rain, but when I wake up and it’s quiet, that means snow. I’ll take the rain.
Today, I’m transitioning back into grazing. This past week of taking hay out [...]
Muffins for the stud!
Posted in cattle, farm life, heirloom fruit, recipes, woodstove cookery, tagged farm life, quilts, recipes, scratch cooking on March 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
View out my kitchen window today.
My rootstock arrived yesterday, so when the weather breaks, I can plant it out to break it’s dormancy before grafting. I scored some cuttings I had been looking for at the Home Orchard Society scionwood exchange that was held early in March. I picked up cuttings for Interlaken seedless grape, Vern’s Brown Turkey [...]
Warm stew on a cold day
Posted in canning, farm life, food preservation, recipes, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, farm cooking, frugality, locavore meal, scratch cooking on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I started this blog, I thought I would be posting more recipes. Everything has a life of its own, including blogs. This stew is one of those start it, and walk away kind of recipes. Let it cool down and reheat and serve, it gets better each day. This is the recipe in the original form, my substitutions [...]
Puppy training ( aka an excuse to work outside)
Posted in food preservation, greenhouse, pastured poultry, recipes, tagged Australian Shepherds, greenhouse, pastured poultry, scratch cooking on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
We’ve been blessed with 50 degree weather for two days now, so blogging is only in my head. I hope to finish “TAKING STOCK” tomorrow… but the weather is saying 62 degrees - so please be patient.
The last two pups we’ve brought into the family were purchased in the fall. This has turned out perfect [...]
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