Yesterday was our first snow day of the school year. It was a great call as once the snow started it really came down. And then of course it was followed by torrential, windswept rains. Totally yucky by the end of the day.
I had finally picked up our smoked pork last Friday and we were [...]
Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Snow day
Posted in Cooking, Farm, Food, Pigs, tagged ham, Large Black pigs, locavore, pork, soup, Tamworth pigs on December 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Long Week Over
Posted in Farming, Food, LaMancha Goats, Lambs, Sheep, tagged butcher, Kyra's Boy on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a long week. A tough week. Still not feeling on top of the lingering chest cold and then of course everything changes so quickly when it’s breeding and butcher season. Kyra’s Boy’s departure left a big gap as he was always our meeter and greeter at the house, and then to top it [...]
Harvest Day and Goodbye to Kyra’s Boy
Posted in Farming, Food, Gardens, Sheep, tagged beets, harvest, Kyra's Boy, potatoes, rams on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Aside from having been really sick with this blasted chest cold, today turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun was shining and the leaves are looking gorgeous, and it was so warm that I traded my turtleneck and my vest for a t-shirt. We decided that it was time to harvest all of [...]
Summer visiting with good friends
Posted in Family, Food, Gardens, Vacation, tagged Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, summer on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have had a busy week since the Fiber Tour weekend. Our friends from NY, Barb and Phil, came up for their yearly visit and we actually had a pretty nice week weather-wise. Yesterday we got over to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, which is someplace I have been meaning to visit for [...]
Piggies In, Chickens Out
Posted in Farm, Farming, Food, Pigs, chickens, tagged Cornish X chickens, Large Black pigs, Tamworth pigs on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love it when we find balance on the farm. Our daily life is very routine-oriented and when anything changes that routine, it takes me almost a week to fine-tune how my chore times look. Maybe I am slow to adapt, I don’t know!
As our farm goes, we try not to have too many different [...]
