New To Farm Life

A couple moves from the big city to the countryside and starts a small farm...wait, you've heard this premise before? What? Trite? Hackneyed? But, I have goats. Really cute pictures of tiny baby goats. And cheesemaking recipes. We slaughter our own pigs and cure our own bacon! Well, that's in the master plan, anyway. Just read it, you'll see.

Monday, February 27, 2012

The Time/Money Conundrum (Hello Housewives!)

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I wish I could find a certain essay I wrote several years ago. As part of my great unfinished memoir about my and Homero's quest to get ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A Productive Day (Redneck Coldframes and Unnatural Apples)

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When I woke up this morning, something was different. I wasn't sure what it was, but there was a semi-painful stabbing sensation in my e...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Meat Math

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Now that Keizer meats has called me with the hanging weight on our tiny, skinny, little pigs (109 lbs and 137 lbs, less than I expected) I c...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Getting Off My Ass (Or Not)

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Except for a freak snowstorm that dropped twenty-some inches of snow and brought sub-freezing temperatures in January, this has been a very ...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Zion's Traditional Arts Project (Keeping the Flame Alive)

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A friend of mine at my church, who I'll call J., has had a pet project for awhile now. One of many projects, actually - she is the kind ...
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Friday, February 10, 2012

Putting the Pork in my Pocket (Farm Finances)

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The time finally came to call our local meat processors and schedule the pigs for execution. These two have been slow growers - probably due...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

What Do You Do With a Drunken Pony?

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The last time the farrier came out, he was unable to trim Rosie's back hooves. Rosie, remember, is my rescue shetland, who has some sort...
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Friday, February 3, 2012

Sharpie Desecration (Or; a Chance For You Non-Parents to Feel Smug and Superior)

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Things That Need to Happen (Before We Can Go)

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As I wrote a few days ago, we are moving to Mexico this coming year ( The Big Reveal (What We Want) ). We are hoping to be there by Septembe...
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