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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Autumn is really here
Posted in Farming, Gardens, Seasons, Weather, tagged frost on September 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday morning it was 30 F. at our house. Luckily, John had taken some of our shearing sheets and covered as much of the garden as he could… so we came through the first frost of the season quite well. We didn’t cover the potatoes and the leeks, but there are a couple of trees [...]
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 [...]
