The Ugly

16 articles
Poor Baby

Poor Baby

We found out a couple of days ago that Baby, the wonderful goat we milk twice a week, was attacked by a dog that got into their pin last Sunday :-(  Her owner thinks she will be OK, with just a few scrapes, though she is on antibiotics to ensure her proper healing.  Regardless of the injuries, I imagine it…
March 7, 2013
Flying Glass & Spilled Beer

Flying Glass & Spilled Beer

Last weekend, in the midst of our busy madness, we made two batches of beer; a Red Chile Chocolate Porter and a Belgian Golden Ale. Since the carboys "live" in our garage while they do their fermentation thing and the garage is pretty cold in the winter, Tool Lady did a lot of research on how to keep them a…
January 24, 2013

Winter Tomatoes, The End

OK, so tomatoes that have been outside and are brought inside to attempt to continue their lives throughout the winter in a nice sunny location is a bad idea...a really bad, gross, bug infested idea.  Truth.Judy was right, it's a good idea in theory and the pictures in the magazine looked promising, but it can go downhill very quickly.Our problem…
December 13, 2012
The Not-So-Great Potato Harvest

The Not-So-Great Potato Harvest

I had high hopes for our potatoes this year.  I purchased 10 pounds of German Butterball seed potatoes last spring and added them to a few random (sprouting) potatoes we had laying around (a few red and a few purple).  We had new beds and old beds to plant them in as well as a few garbage cans for the…
November 28, 2012
I Don’t Consider Myself a Violent Person…

I Don’t Consider Myself a Violent Person…

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.
September 8, 2012
Mystery Squash

Mystery Squash

I think my heart has broken.  OK, that might be a bit dramatic, but it's almost true. Here's the deal...I thought I planted several Butternut Squash seeds this spring, but now I am positive that I didn't.  The plantings would have given us a delicious and bountiful harvest this fall and the heartbreak comes because they are my absolute favorite…
August 1, 2012