Many big plans are forming, constantly, where we’re at. First things first, though. Hens! We are reintroducing the pullets to the flock. The temperatures are dropping fast, at night, and they’ll need to feel at home in the warmer coop before long. Amie and I chatted about the goat plan while all six of them …
Monthly Archives: September 2013
The Goat Question
For a while now we’ve been considering adding milking goats to our menagerie, but it seems like such a step up from bees and chickens. Â Still, we got some encouragement recently. My friend from a neighboring town, Kath of This One Good Life, would love goats too, and promised to be a goat buddy if …
Compost
It’s geology! Layer after layer of compost. This pile had gone cold. I lifted up the Earth Machine, which you can see in the background. I love the design of the Earth Machine: as it tapers up, it’s easy to lift off while keeping the shape, making it easy to fork up. It took two …
Galimotos, finished!
Do you remember the galimotos that the kids made at Amie’s birthday party? Â They’re all finished now: all heads glued on, legs working (got rid of those second knees) and ready to go to their new homes. Here’s the motley crew again up close.
Putting Up for Winter
Here’s a little post I’ll return to from time to time to add what I’ve put up. There’s already a lot of frozen beans and carrots stashed away, so I’m started in medias res here. August 22: sauced Freecycled apples. Result: apple sauce: 8 pints August 24: sauced more Freecycled apples with the tribe (read here). …
Local Lunch and other Food
Pickling summer squash into a relish, using this recipe (which is not an endorsement, just a record so that, if we do like it, I know how I prepared it – {UPDATE: After tasting it, I DO endorse it}), CSA squashes, zucchinis and green peppers colonizing my fridge and homegrown onions. (for the record: I …
First Day of School Harvest
Amie was so excited about the first day of school (third grade) that she was awake until 11:30 last night. Still, she was up bright and early and happily went off to school. First thing I did after she and DH had left was visit the garden. I harvested all the beans from the other …