We have had a lot of unnaturally warm weather this November and I have to say that I have been enjoying it. It’s not winter yet, but the brilliance of October has definitely gone past. I always feel as if I want to hold onto those brightly colored leaves on the skyline, but when the [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Butchers and a Local Thanksgiving harvest
Posted in Cooking, Farming, Gardens, Maine, Pigs, tagged butchers, lamb, locavore, meat, pork, Thanksgiving on November 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Wow, it’s Sunday and it’s still sunny and warm. I am reveling in being at home for the day and am recuperating from the back to back trips to butchers: Friday night a trip to the butcher in Albion to pick up the fresh pork cuts from our pigs, and a 200+ mile round-trip yesterday [...]
Weather. And Meteors
Posted in Meteors, Weather, tagged Leonids, Perseids on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As everyone else has pointed out this week, the weather couldn’t be nicer. Decidedly unusual for this time in November, the week before Thanksgiving. I am still trying to get over the sinus infection and feeling a little draggy, but the worst of it is being at work and looking out that window and imagining [...]
Garden remainders
Posted in Farm, Food, Gardens, Seasons, tagged asparagus, pansies on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A truly gorgeous day out today. It was 40 F when I got up this morning, and although it’s breezy, it’s beautiful. I wish we didn’t have erranding to do, I would much rather be working outdoors!
As I was walking in from chores, my eye was caught by this lovely volunteer that is thriving near [...]
Snow and pork
Posted in Farming, Pigs, Seasons, Weather, tagged Large Black pigs, pork, winter on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Snowy morning yesterday. Day for loading up the piggles. Usually we have them getting acquainted with the trailer for two or three days before the big day, but John was having some trouble with the wiring… so it was dark before the trailer gate was closed, but we could hear them happily sucking up the [...]
Speaking of goats…
Posted in Farm, Farming, LaMancha Goats, goats, tagged breeding, Elvis, goat behavior, goats on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With all this talk about sheep breeding groups, I have left our poor LaMancha dairy goats out of the equation. Even though we have very flexible fencing and paddock areas, I have been scratching my head over how to get the goats together as a group with a buck, and just let them get down [...]
Leafy contrast
Posted in Pasture, Seasons, tagged autumn color on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It always happens when I am not looking. It seems as though just yesterday (or the day before maybe) that this is what the tree line looked like at the bottom of the pasture field at our friend’s house:
I went down to the field yesterday to visit our little group there and this is what [...]
