The Turtle parade

It’s that time of year again.  The painted turtle parade across the property has begun.  It’s egg-laying time, and the turtles who were hatched here seem to find themselves a little corner of the Ruit Farm on which to lay their eggs.  The area that we call the winter sheep paddock is very sandy and [...]

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Let there be light, please

Last night we had a nice evening at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta at the Civic Center.  John kindly did afternoon chores for me, and when I got home I took 5 minutes to wash my face and take a few breaths, then we headed off for the big city. Of course, the [...]

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Maine Fiber Arts Tour Weekend

It’s that time of year again!  All of us fiber folk on the tour map are having an open house this weekend.  Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9-5.  This is a great time for people to come and visit our fiber farms and studios.  I will be up under the birch trees in the EZ-Up tent, [...]

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A good day

It has been quite a weekend so far.  I have been knocked down by allergies and allergic rash and not really been myself this past week.  The antihistamine my dr. says will help turned me into a zombie with a cotton brain.  Today is the first day I am out from under the effects (after [...]

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In-betweens

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 [...]

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Butchers and a Local Thanksgiving harvest

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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Lobster and Shrimp to the Rescue!

We have been scrimping on everything these days as, like everyone else, we are trying to make ends meet and make do with less. We try to think creatively, and recently we feel we really got onto something good!  When we take our chickens to the butcher we need to put them into crates of [...]

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Out to Pasture

This is the back of John’s truck awhile ago when we actually had a break in the rain. We had had to dig our rolls of electric fence out of the field where they had been rolled and stacked last fall, and then snowed upon before we got them home. If it looks like hand-to-hand [...]

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Weather Obsessed

People make fun of me because I am really fixated on the weather. I have multiple  favorite internet weather sites on my browser bar set for 1 click viewing (don’t you just love the hour-by-hour breakdowns???), and I also have to admit that my biggest reason for even wanting to own a t.v. is that [...]

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