Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
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...
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...
Saturday, April 10, 2021

Yard work (Before and After)

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This past week, the first week in April, has had typically schizophrenic weather. Bright sunny days alternate with gloomy, freezing days - a...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

DQ51 - State of the Farm

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The pink dogwood in bloom.  It’s an absolutely unbelievably gorgeous day. It just could not be more perfect. I think it’s about 72 degrees,...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

DQ8 - Alone With the Chores

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Since my last post, the governor has increased restrictions, banning all gatherings, public and private, including even weddings and funeral...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

DQ6 - Visit From Rowan

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Our oldest daughter Rowan came by today. She’s been in isolation for ten days already, because she had a cough and a sore throat. No fever t...
Friday, March 20, 2020

DQ4 - Garden Notes

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I haven’t bothered with a garden in years - beyond my perennials; rhubarb, raspberries, fruit trees - because I can get unlimited free prod...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Snow Week (Indoor Chores)

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The past week has brought frigid temperatures and a fair amount of snow - nothing like last year’s two and a half feet of snow, but enough ...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Snow for Days (Sno-Crastination)

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It’s a repeat of 2017 - snow up to the roof. This picture actually taken yesterday; it snowed more overnight. It’s been snowing on and off f...
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Monday, October 29, 2018

Apple-anch, 2018

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It’s apple season again, which means I’m too busy to write about it. These lovely specimens were part of a farm glean courtesy of the Glean...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Preserving Log Update

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Surely one of the very best smells in the world is that of a bubbling vat of apples, enriched with cloves, cinnamon, allspice, and sugar. Do...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

State of the Farm, Late Spring 2017

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Nettles in the weeds The long, horrible, wet "spring" of 2017 is finally giving way to some warmer and drier weather. I r...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Farmhand Frustration

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My oldest daughter, Rowan, moved out last December. She was twenty-two at the time, so I can't really blame her, but we miss her aroun...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Spring Cleaning, Part One

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A beautiful day in earliest spring, notwithstanding a stiff, cold breeze and two inches of new snow on the ground when we woke up. Now, in...
Monday, February 6, 2017

Doing Chores in Winter Wonderland (Too Old for this Shit)

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It is snowing. It is snowing sideways. It has been snowing sideways for the better part of four days. There is a foot and a half of snow on...
Monday, September 5, 2016

Is There Anything as Good as Apple Cider?

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Oops, that's a picture of bowls full of cherries. When I selected the thumbprint, I thought it was buckets of apples. Oh well - do...
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Monday, March 23, 2015

Work Pile

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There is so much work piled up around the farm that I figured I had better make a list. Not that I'm likely to forget what needs doing, ...
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

The Worst Job on the Farm (Disbudding)

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Meet the littlest baby goat. Flopsy gave birth just a week or so after Polly, who lost both babies (  Sad Day (Breeding Gone Awry) ) be...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

We're Having Authenticity For Dinner (Tepache)

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tepache in the garage We are having a pretty simple supper tonight: pan fried trout, baked potatoes, and braised red cabbage. It smell...
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