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May 17, 2016
1 min

Duck, Duck....DELICIOUS

I love duck (you know, the kind on my plate), but it has always been roasted or sauteed. This weekend, my friend from Nelson All Natural...

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May 15, 2016
2 min

Add an engaging title

Since I started blogging, I have really tried to create engaging titles, you know, to encourage people to read the blog. However, it has...

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May 11, 2016
1 min

By any other name

I went outside this evening to weed the garden. I was totally side-tracked by the chickens and realized, finally, after 55 years, what...

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May 8, 2016
1 min

Borgan and Bencer

When they were little, and for many years when they weren't so little, I told the girls stories about two little squirrels. These were...

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May 7, 2016
2 min

Broody Busting

So there is a thing some chickens do. They think it is time to hatch their eggs, so they sit on the nest for weeks and weeks and weeks -...

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May 7, 2016
1 min

One Day Baby

I really love my children, and in fact, have loved everything about them from the moment I got pregnant. But I have never really thought...

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May 6, 2016
1 min

Raindrops on buttercups

I have become one of those people who are excited beyond measure when Friday rolls around. I like my job, but I love my life outside of...

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May 2, 2016
2 min

Ansel-versary - In Support of Older Dogs

Today is our first Ansel-versary - that is, a year since we welcomed Ansel to our home. Ansel had been rescued from Animal Control as a...

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May 1, 2016
2 min

Sunday Food Report

Well - quite the fattie weekend (defined as a weekend almost wholely devoted to food). Sure, I spent wonderful times with friends on the...

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May 1, 2016
1 min

Ethel-izing

Our favorite hens have always been Buff Orpingtons, and we have always named all of them Ethel. My best hen ever (Ethel) used to stay...

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Apr 26, 2016
1 min

Ahhhhh - that feels better

Sunday was shearing day at the Double Up!! Romney sheep produce incredibly thick fleeces, so by the end of April, they are ready to...

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Apr 24, 2016
2 min

Friends don't eat friends

Also, friends do not attack each other merely for breathing the same air. What happens when those two universal laws come into conflict?...

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Apr 22, 2016
2 min

Chai Delicious

I am a serious coffee drinker - and have never found chai to be particularly appealing. Until now!! My daughters love chai, and I...

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Apr 22, 2016
1 min

Chick Life

I just adore chickens - fussing about with them, building little things for them, insisting they cuddle even though they hate it. The...

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Apr 21, 2016
1 min

Amish Cinnamon Flop Bread

I think I have already posted this like a dozen times, but every time I make it, I think - this is so delicious I have to tell the world....

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Apr 19, 2016
1 min

Just eat it

A few years ago I launched the "if you can't beat 'em, eat 'em program" at the farm. I was so tired of trying to control the wild...

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Apr 17, 2016
1 min

Whine

Nobody whines like a big dog - except ME!!! While I was off living the good life at the Farmer's Market on Saturday, my beloved husband...

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Apr 16, 2016
1 min

Missing the point - Redux?

I know the idea was that I would go to the Farmer's Market to sell the burgeoning stash of crafts I am producing. But I gotta be honest...

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Apr 15, 2016
1 min

In my real life

For me, the farm is kind of my fantasy life, where I get to do everything I have ever wanted to do, and live in a special farm nirvana....

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Apr 13, 2016
1 min

Spreadsheet Gardening

My friends and family have always called me The Spreadsheet Queen, and gardening is no exception! Mostly, I have to use a spreadsheet or...

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