Welp, it’s official…we have decided to move forward with the goat milking gig and yesterday afternoon was our first shot at it! The agreement is that we will milk twice a week (on Saturdays and Wednesdays) with the understanding that 1) we will give two weeks notice if we (or…
Last weekend, while browsing Craigslist, Tool Lady found a posting titled “Goat Milking Gig”. So, she asked if it sounded like a good idea, and of course, I said yes! After a few emails and phone calls, it was decided that we should meet, check each other out, check the…
Can one actually grow tomatoes inside throughout the winter? Well, I guess we’ll find out soon enough, ha? So far, the process has been fairly painless…the cuttings rooted well, transplanted fine and even recovered enough in the last month to put out some new growth and several little flowers! So,…
I started off the Season of Preservation with the best of intentions. I created an excel spreadsheet and planned on updating it each time we canned an item. This being only our second year of preserving anything, I was very excited about learning how to preserve a small variety of…
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my hope/goal of growing some winter tomatoes throughout the cold months. Well, here’s the progress so far… On August 13th I took 3 cuttings from each cherry tomato (a bi-color cherry and a small sweet cherry), trimmed them of their bottom leaves and…
While grocery shopping last weekend I decided to treat myself to the latest Mother Earth News Wiser Living series. Inside, I found an article about growing tomatoes throughout the winter and knew that I would just have to try it! Last year I had hoped to still have tomatoes for…