Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Merry Mabon (preserving log)

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Dressed the altar for Mabon today, a day or two early. I’ll continue to add to it as the season progresses. I bought these Japanese lanterns...

New Buck (Breeding Season)

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We sold Jupiter, our gorgeous Nubian buck, a few months ago. We have used him for three seasons now and it’s time for some new blood.   (se...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Change of (Beverage) Seasons

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It’s been a few years since we last broke out the old cider press. This is the same machine my family used to press apples when I was a litt...
Monday, April 24, 2023

Operation Trampoline Rescue (From the Blackberries)

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My youngest daughter is turning 18 this weekend (I am brushing right past this fact quickly cause otherwise I’ll cry), and she asked if we c...
Friday, April 14, 2023

King Kong Squash

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This gorgeous, enormous Blue Hubbard squash was given to me by a neighbor. I don’t know for sure if she grew it herself but she’s quite a ga...
Friday, January 6, 2023

Rosca de Reyes (King Cake)

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I made this lovely Rosca de Reyes cake today, which is January 6th - also known as Epiphany and the Three Kings day.  Mexicans celebrate th...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The Rains Are Here (Hallelujah)

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Third straight day of rain, hooray.  The smoke is gone. I don’t think the forest fires are actually put out yet, but it won’t be long. The r...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Smoke and Drought

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In a typical year, the fall rains begin sometime in September. School starts, and it starts to rain within a couple of weeks. We quite ofte...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Everybody Gets a Share (Doggy Delight)

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Mercy  Haku  My husband’s insistence on keeping the gristly bits of the cow sure paid off for the dogs. They’ve been chewing on these shinb...
Monday, September 19, 2022

Meat Math, Bovine Edition (GRAPHIC)

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Not a very good picture, but that is a 40 quart stockpot, with  substantially less than half of a freshly butchered steer’s head submerged ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Farm Stand Photos

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I thought it would be nice to post some photos of local farm stands and what I appreciate about each of them. They are so varied.  Small, ne...
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Friday, August 19, 2022

Farm Stand Fun

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One of the things I love about where I live is that, recent development notwithstanding, it is still rural enough that there are dozens of ...
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Friday, July 29, 2022

Balking a Buck (Apron Antics)

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Breeding season is here.  It seems awfully early, being still high summer, but the days are getting shorter and that is the signal that sen...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

The Pantry Project (Ice Cream Edition)

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Ran across an ice cream maker at Goodwill the other day, and it reminded me that ice cream is a wonderful way of preserving the products of ...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

They’re BAAAAAAACK (Prey Animal Strategy)

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Right before bed, I decided to go out and check on the goats one more time, on the off-chance that mama Clio had found her babies. I was fai...