#FarmLife

Jan 11, 2019
2 min

Make Mine Raw

Many years ago, a friend and I decided to make butter. Because we are the way we are, I wanted raw milk, you know, the way nature kind...

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Nov 12, 2018
1 min

Farm Day - 2018

For a crusty old curmudgeon, I sure enjoy having people out to the farm!! March brings Shearing Day, and November brings Farm Day. I...

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Sep 16, 2018
1 min

Flo vs. Double Up

Hurricane Florence - so far, so good!! For us, just a lot of rain. Lots of rain here means a couple of things: the low areas are going...

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Aug 29, 2018
1 min

Coffee, Friends, and Farm Tours

I call them Farm Tours, but they are really a chance to have friends over for a visit (sometimes friends I don't even know yet). If you...

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Jul 29, 2018
1 min

It's a wonderful life

I always have the best of intentions to be a more active blogger, but it turns out I am too busy living my life to always find the time...

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May 20, 2018
1 min

A Gentleman Farmer

~~The gentleman farmer works for pleasure rather than financial gain~~ A gentleman farmer ... farms mainly for pleasure rather than for...

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Mar 11, 2018
1 min

Gearing [up] for Shearing

Oh sometimes I am so clever I kill myself - that little title rhyme....hehehe. Shearing Day is next Saturday. For the first time, I am...

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Oct 6, 2017
1 min

Double Up Roosters

I am not a big fan of roosters, but Lieutenant Dan has been pretty nice. He is very good to the ladies, he ignores me, and he is...

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Sep 23, 2017
1 min

Of Sheeps and Wool

If somehow you have missed my going on and on and on about the new sheep: I got some new sheep! My friend Lee started with the sheep...

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Jun 24, 2017
1 min

Of cheese and such

I know I have posted about this before, but today was such an outstanding visit to our local dairy, I am compelled to go on and on and on...

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May 31, 2017
1 min

Don't Kid Yourself About Your Eggs

If you care enough to buy cage free eggs, care enough to do the right thing. If you care, ASK the person selling you eggs. I appreciate...

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May 28, 2017
2 min

Sunday morning at my house

~~~~Mornings are better when you have an entourage (and a copilot)~~~~ I admire efficiency. Like tidiness, it just makes me happy and...

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May 25, 2017
2 min

Farm To Table - DoubleUp Style

We are entering my favorite food time of the year. Sure, I love Autumn harvest stuff, and Christmas goodies, and there's always room for...

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May 14, 2017
1 min

Mother Me This

The Mother's Day weekend has brought a whole lot of mother love into the Double Up realm. First, Ethel's chicks began hatching, and...

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Apr 16, 2017
2 min

Brioche Buns and Visitors

First things first - these rolls are perhaps the best bread product I have ever had in my life. Stage one - Sponge (leaven) Water – 1 ½ c...

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Apr 15, 2017
1 min

The Greenhouse - Prologue

Since 2009, I have been looking at greenhouses. After a few years, I cleared an area which we called "the future site of the greenhouse"....

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Apr 7, 2017
1 min

Dominion over what?

So much work, so little time to write fascinating blog entries. I left my iPod in the car when it went into the shop. This means that I...

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Mar 21, 2017
1 min

Walkabout

Such a lovely day today, and they have been such wonderful sheep, I decided the flock could go on walkabout. Mr. DoubleUp was not in...

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Feb 25, 2017
1 min

That one time I burnt the house down

I've been working on this fire pit for a couple of years now, or to be more precise, my friend Jared has been doing the work on my fire...

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Jan 31, 2017
1 min

The Masters

The Union County Master Gardeners came to the farm for a field trip. I was not sure what to expect exactly, but it sounded like fun when...

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