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for sitting on the porch swing, reading the mail and enjoying the last warm days of the year. The combines hum in the fields, the Canada geese honk overhead. 1 year ago: How To Cook : Aunt Sandy’s Oven Crispy … Continue reading →

Spanky This is a gratuitous kitten photo. Matt says people don’t like to see pictures of dead, headless chickens on the internet. So there you go. Unfortunately it’s not all kittens and rainbows here, of course. You might recall the … Continue reading →

Certainly seems that fall has arrived. The beans are turning in the fields. The mornings are cool – I grab a stocking cap for morning chores. The ditches on my walk out to feed chickens are filled with golds and … Continue reading →

Last March we gave Rafe this book for his birthday: He’s since bookmarked many things in it that he wants to try. This weekend he & Matt worked on one of those bookmarked things. There was measuring, and cutting, and … Continue reading →

I like school being back in session. A return to routines is good for me. A quiet house is more conducive to productivity in the work I do from home. But I think what I like most about it is … Continue reading →

Well, since we last were here, the third batch of broiler chickens has moved out to the pasture. The first night we always shut them inside their shed so that they know where shelter is. The next day we feed … Continue reading →

So…I’ve switched registrars, I’ve switched hosting companies. Unfortunately I’ll have to re-enter all of the posts I’ve made since May, and I’ve lost all the comments left on those posts. But hopefully I’ll be back to blogging shortly!!

This past week we enjoyed some time away from the farm. (Thanks to my dad & mom doing chores for us.) Can you guess from the photo where we were? Now we are scrambling to catch up on things around … Continue reading →

Last week Matt bought 45 big round bales of cow hay out of the field. I’ll tell you, I don’t miss making our own hay. But I think Matt does. To make the process of getting it from the field … Continue reading →

It happens this time every year. AWOL. MIA. This year it’s partly because I’m still having problems with my web host & not able to access my own site much of the time. I plan to rectify that situation soon, … Continue reading →