2.13.2015 Just Cold
It’s cold. Really cold. We cancelled market today because temperatures never got above freezing and the winds were howling. Customers don’t come out in weather like that. To stand out in that kind of...
View Article2.20.2016 The Spell is Broken
After a frigid week, winter threw another tantrum. Monday brought snow, sleet and freezing rain. Not exactly duck weather. I didn’t even bother letting ducks and chickens out. I put blankets on Ophelia...
View Article2.29.2016 Narrow Escapes
So if winter is over, it must be spring, right? You know the old saying, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Well, on my farm, March comes in like a lion and so does … Continue...
View Article3.7.2016 Winter Losses
On March 3rd, winter snuck back in when it wasn’t really expected. Forecast low that night was 29. It went down to 20. That hive I was worried about last week just couldn’t take it. I found them...
View Article3.13.2016 Farmer’s Day Out
On Tuesday of this week, I had a girl’s day out. I met my fellow farmers at Heaven’s Edge Farm and we spent the morning processing extra roosters. Butchering chickens is not a frequent thing in my...
View Article3.20.2016 Miracles
A breath of winter is blowing over my newly greened pastures. Forecasts have been flirting with the idea of freezing temperatures and frozen precipitation. The last winter storm of 2016. It’s enough...
View ArticleSo What Happened to April?
I knew I hadn’t blogged in a while. But a month and a half? How did that happen? Well, I’ll tell you how. In mid-March, I started the Whole-30 diet. 30 days, no sugar, no dairy, no grains, no...
View Article5.3.2016 Birds, Bees and a Horse’s Butt
Lately, Tuesdays have been the Thursdays of my life. Last Tuesday, we had the vet out to give one of the horses a once over. Sadie has been coughing for months, and we’ve tried many things to alter her...
View Article5.8.2016 Screech . . . Thud. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
Late last night, after the baby’s 18th birthday party dishes were done, the guests had gone home and most of the family had gone to bed, I went out to the porch to unwind for a few minutes. I hadn’t …...
View ArticleSummer 2016
To make a long story short, summer 2016 was pretty darn awful. But if you want the details May was cold and dark and dreary. Strong with the dark side. Nothing much grew. Silly me. I didn’t plant...
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