25 Dec 2013 – Farm Report
It’s Christmas time! Merry Christmas from the farm to all our friends and family. Thanking God for all his provision especially the gift of his son – born, died, buried, and rose again! YAY!
While at the used book store, I came across a book titled “Bible Wines or Laws of Fermentation and Wines of the Ancients”. It looked interesting so I brought it home and have begun to read it. The original thesis was written prior to 1871 and has some amazing information in it. I am now…
The kitten is reinforcing the NEED to put everything back into it’s place when I’m finished using/looking at/searching for something else and moved it. She is also quite interested in eating all the fall decorations. Silly kitten. I made cinnamon rolls while baking bread yesterday. It’s nice to have fresh ones every now and again. Harvested…
The new year started off at 32 degrees on the farm. The chickens are working on the compost pile, the dogs are laying around, the cows are munching happily on hay. It’s a beautiful day!“WONDERING IF… ” Anyone interested in having a pastured turkey for processing at Thanksgiving or other time in the year? We…
March third. Already. Two thousand sixteen. How’d that happen? I may have blinked. Polly and her new baby are doing well. Peso’s eye is slowly beginning to look better. I’m thankful that no one else is having a problem. That indicates that she probably poked something in it. Rosie and Opal are so rotund. And….
24 degrees, sunny, light winds, cold. Seedlings are coming along fine. Still waiting on some eggplants to show. The dog in heat has been quarantined. Yeva is keeping her eggs warm. The remaining chickens are scratching and doing. The garden soil is not quite ready to work. It’s too wet and cold to pull a…
Today is our “average last frost date”. I just dumped all my seeds in the garden. Nah, I did put in a few more seeds but Easter hasn’t arrived yet so I’m thinking there might be another cold snap sometime in the next 10 days or so. I’ll wait till after Easter (and the wedding) to…