Posted in compost, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, sustainability, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged composted animal manure, farm dogs, firewood, Salatin-style farming, sustainability, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on May 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Still waiting for Jetta… and the other cows too!
Taking advantage of the good (dry) weather last weekend, here are some pics of what the other people around here did!
Firewood.
Second growth Douglas Fir limb. Note the tight grain.
Can’t find your gloves, look for the puppy! “Are you looking for this?”
These fir limbs broke down in the winter [...]
Posted in Belly Acres (rant), early days, farm life, woodstove cookery, tagged farm life, firewood, Pacific Northwest logging on April 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Woods - a. short for the “the logging woods.” This means more to a logger than any other word. It is a job and home both. A man going to the woods is going to work in a logging camp. Back to the woods means back to the job. b. Also used to mean uncut [...]
Posted in greenhouse, woodstove cookery, tagged dogs, firewood, greenhouse on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This was our last sunny day, so we spent it sneaking a few plantings in the greenhouse, and planting a few flats for fresh greens. Everything that has made it this far is getting tiring. I’m longing for crunchy sweet romaine! For winter salads, we have relied on chicories, buckshorn plantain, kale, chard and cress. [...]
Cinnabar moth larvae eating Tansy Ragwort