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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…