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 [...]
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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 »
Meat and potatoes
Posted in agriculture, early days, easily amused, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, lost skills, seed saving, sustainability, vegetable gardening, wildlife, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, early farm life, family cow, farm life, frugality, grow your own food, over-winter vegetables, seed saving, self-sufficiency, vegetable gardening on May 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
That is what our garden is - just your basic old vegetable garden. Full of workhorses and not too many gourmet delicacies. It feeds us year-round though, but you won’t find low performers in our garden more than a year, or two at most.
Before the rain on Tuesday, we planted 50# of potatoes. I plant the [...]
May 5
Posted in easily amused, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, vegetables, wildlife, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, farm life, over-winter vegetables, vegetables, wildlife on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Still waiting on Jetta…
I’m in the garden…
Frog eggs, and one salamander egg cluster.
Pacific Tree frog tadpoles and Douglas Fir seed.
Trace, weedy garlic and potato onions.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
notes from the pasture and garden
Posted in farm as desired, farm life, greenhouse, wildlife, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, farm life, grazing, greenhouse, over-winter vegetables on March 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s amazing what the weather does in March. Last Thursday brought cool rain, Friday gave us an inch of snow, and Saturday morning we woke up to a hard frost. So much for the grass growing. Now, Monday morning, snow again. But I know better than to be impatient. I also don’t want to complain about the [...]
The land of milk and broccoli
Posted in cattle, family cow, farm life, greenhouse, vegetables, wildlife, winter stores, tagged deer!, greenhouse, over-winter vegetables, raw milk on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is why I don’t plant early broccoli anymore.
Lacinato Rainbow Kale
Since we eat seasonally, we don’t care what is available at the grocery store. Even though in our area the trend is to eat local, I would have to drive 25 miles to get to the one store in our area that truly has local seasonal produce. [...]
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