…unless you have things to do. Brunch with friends…seed shopping…home brew shopping and future home brew fantasies…emergency water rotation and refilling…goat milking…sun spot & snack loving chickens…attention given to long-ago-dried-and-forgotten herbs…soap frame creating…baby blanket crocheting…goat milk soap making (our very first!)…2013 garden planning…Red Chile Chocolate Porter brewing. Thank goodness for three-day weekends!!! xoxo, M
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…like to eat. A lot. This was a little treat…a mixture of warm goat’s milk whey (leftover after making cheese) and some oats and it made them very happy on a very cold day. Hope you’re staying warm wherever you are! xoxo, M
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I’ve found myself in this pattern recently…walk outside, check the chickens, feed the chickens, water the chickens, collect the eggs, go back inside…Repeat as necessary. It’s cold outside and not appealing to my senses, so I haven’t been spending much time out there. I have found, though, that I’ve been missing the chickens. Actually missing them, their fluffy bottoms and…
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But I do find a great sense of satisfaction in feeding horn worms to our chickens. Especially after they’ve successfully destroyed several tomatoes. Stupid worms.
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Happy Monday everyone! Thankfully, the past week finally brought us some much needed rain! Not only has it helped to calm our spirits a bit, but the garden has loved the respite form the heat as well as the moisture from the skies. Rain water must have some magic in it because it affects our veggies unlike any water we…
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After much debate, we culled our rooster on Wednesday. This culling found us both (Tool Lady and I) in a very introspective place. Not to say this is a bad thing. I think that if you’re getting ready to take a life, you should think about it, and have some real feelings about it. It is a serious thing. The…
