It’s official! Our Newbies are laying!!! Yesterday we got 6 eggs from 7 chickens!!! We are so incredibly excited!!! The one downside to this whole thing is that one of our Newbies hasn’t figured out that you need to leave the Originals alone when they’re trying to lay. It’s not a party, it’s a private thing. Tool Lady found this…
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At the end of each summer (in the break between Summer Camp and After School) we take a little trip to decompress from the madness of it all. This year we were lucky enough to be given free range over an acquaintances home in Chama (about a 2 hour drive from home). Not only was the house tucked away, clean…
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When Sourdough Starters Go Bad…
…they go really, really bad. Yep, that is an actual bug hanging out on the edge of the liquid you see there. Larvae. Whatever. It wasn’t alone, either. Gross. Disgusting, actually. I threw it out. All of it. Not sure if we got a bad batch of flour, or if a fly got in and laid some eggs. Regardless, I…
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Garden Happiness(es)
Here’s a glimpse into what’s happening in the garden this week… The German Butterball potatoes are flowering! The red potatoes are flowering, too! Our first pie pumpkin is almost ready! Acorn Squash Cherry toms Blue corn & sunflowers Our blue corn is silking…although some of it is white… …and some of it is this pretty maroon…interesting! The second summer squash!…
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See-Through Tomatoes?!?
We have yet another garden mystery… What on earth causes tomatoes to have almost see-through skin??? The skin itself feels super soft and I can actually feel the seeds underneath the skin! Every other tomato on this plant look perfectly normal. It’s just these two. WEIRD!!! Ideas???
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Harvest Monday!!!
This weeks harvest is both exciting (the first Roma tomato) and redundant (tomatoes galore). We’ve continued to enjoy an abundance of Yellow Taxis, a few cherry toms here and there, several Romas, a sprig of mint (as a gift for Brother & Brother’s girlfriend Eliza) and a very few snap peas (although I am grateful they are even still producing).…
