Saturday, April 14, 2012

Adios (An Invitation)

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Hello friends, neighbors, relatives, and readers. I am taking a hiatus from New to Farm Life. I find myself thinking, and writing, more and ...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Home Improvement Project Numero Uno (The Deck)

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In addition to painting and re-carpeting the three bedrooms ( Things That Need to Happen (Before We Can Go) , which we have already done, I ...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

It Figures

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Why is it that every time I get some good egg trades going, the hens mysteriously quit laying? Since my last post on Monday ( Trade Network ...
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Monday, April 2, 2012

Trade Network 2012 (Craigslist Chronicles)

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Every year I have to start from scratch on the trade network, it seems. People move away, Like Veggie/Oil Man and the Kale Fairy did, or peo...
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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Garden Log for March (Out Like a Lion)

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Although the weather has turned cold and nasty again after a few glorious days of sunshine last week, I have still been out gardening in the...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Shameless Plug

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One of my favorite moments in my mundane week is when I see that my friend THE IDIOT GARDENER has a new post up. I use "friend" q...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Spring Cleaning (At Last)

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The last two days have been extremely gorgeous. After my months of complaining about the chilly, soggy weather, it amazes me how quickly my...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Egg-stra Eggs (Preserving and Using Up Eggs)

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The equinox must be fast approaching: I'm drowning in eggs. My preferred method for getting rid of extra eggs is to sell them or trade t...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Psst... Wanna Buy a Pig's Head?

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Today I went and picked up our pig from Keizer Meats. One hundred and nine pounds of pork (hanging weight) transformed into ham, bacon, chop...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

No More Whining (Counting My Blessings)

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Reading back over yesterday's post - which was the first in a long time - I cannot believe what a whiner I am. I hate the thought that i...
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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Not Sure if I'm Cut Out For This (Late Winter Blues)

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Most of what I do on this blog, it seems, is bitch and moan about the weather. Well, stand back, I'm about to do it again. Life on this ...
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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...