A quick note and link-I know what I am making for the bonfire celebration tonight! Check it out and book mark this one!! Happy Samhain!~Tam...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Another lesson learned but trying to laugh...
~You may cut the one wing feathers on a newly brought home muscovy female and keep her in a cage for a few days with your last surving muscovy (clyde), but that does not mean when you let her out, she will stay. I do believe she may as well be walking her duck butt back home. At least in her mind she is going back to her home which is a few miles away, but with her ability of flying cut off with her tip feathers gone on one side, I say the chance...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
another use for green tomato's & another book to look for
During my morning walk around, I noticed my garden had a nice amount of green tomato's still clinging to their vines. They are the black cherry variety ( & a few striped caverns) , so fried green tomatos were out. While on a search for a new chutney recipe, I came across one for green tomato chutney with apples. Of course I still have half a bushel & am making pumpkin butter and another chutney with it, so why not add the green tomato...
Monday, October 23, 2006
Making a list...
Starting my list of gotta gets. This is just a sampling of my findings in my search for inexpensive Home Dairy needs. I have 2 dairy goats so my needs are not major. I do need to keep the cost low. I refuse to pay out alot of money just because its use is for a dairy and not the common household.If the product is the same item just a different named use, then its good enough for me.This is a seamless stainless steel pail. This is sold for ease in...
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Welcome home, Playing in the loft, & a local Pumpkin patch
The girls are back home! As I opened the back of the cargo area, Chia did not want to hop down- which i am sure having Jack (Our old english sheep dog who will have his turn here soon of being introduced), bark at them from atop the hill did not help. He so badly wanted to welcome them back too and being on a line while we were gone did not make him happy!After lifting Chia out of my vehicle- which she is not a light weight by the way- she led the...
Friday, October 20, 2006
The goat house has arrived!
~It needs to be scrubbed down & painted as you can see. I of course am not complaining. To me I see a strong durable and well built Goat house. A touch of love is all it needs. I look forward to cleaning it up! I have this thing you see, I get a kick out of re-lifing stuff. I see potential in "stuff" where others see junk. I do it when I would go house hunting before we bought this place. Some even call it an addiction (thanks honey!). So anyway,...
Thursday, October 19, 2006
The man in the tree,,,
The property it resides on has exchanged hands since its making & with much happiness has remained untouched. I wish I knew its history- who carved it, what inspired them to do the bearded man and to put it at this crossway. I smile every time I see it. I hope to someday have a "man in the tree" of my very own... someday...~Tam...
Monday, October 16, 2006
A trip to the market...
Just a few days earlier these bins were filled and overflowing with their contents. The buttercup squash were 2 for (US) $1, Acron squash was 3 for (US) $1, & butternut squash was 2 for (US) $1. I missed out on the pie pumpkins we spotted on our last trip. They were (US) $1 each. I had to make a trip to another more expensive Farm market for them just so I could can them for pie filling to go with the winter holiday gifts. I still have a bushel...
Friday, October 13, 2006
Where does the time go....
The captain has been on vacation from work since last Friday, so my computer time was cut and the to do list came out. I took him to his first livestock auction in Farmerstown, ohio- the same auction I bought Buddy from. I brought 5 of the hens who never bothered to read the rules where you should start laying around 5 months. They were almost 8 months and yes- they were hens. We also took Shakespeare down in the hopes we could find a jersey wooly...
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Hey honey- wanna buy a blueberry farm?
"18 acre farm with 2.5 acre turn key blueberry patch operation(can increase patch to 8 acres). All equipment included. Great horse property as well. Barn, sugarhouse, 20x45 shop, 1400 ft frontage, century home.XXXX county. good schools. (xxx)xxx-xxx "Ummm, yeah. My heart started pounding, my throat got that choked up feeling and the butterflies danced madly in my belly. I could have the goat farm & a blueberry patch! Of course dreaming never hurt.... just as a reminder... I love blueberries....I wonder if I could get a farm loan for that? For...
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Star projects & fall foods
I have been so busy around here this week. I have been "winterizing" the animal house's, raking out pens, canning more of the flavored applesauces, taking as many nature walks as possible with Frog & lil' man, plus doing in home massage's- for free. I realy need to get some practice in and my cousins wife has graciously agreed to allow me to borrow her for an hour, a few times during the week. My hands and arms are so sore. I need to practice...
