Double Up Farm

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...

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

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

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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