The farm crew made some great accomplishments this past week in transplanting our winter squash and peppers out to the field. We hope to be transplanting some melons but the plants are not doing very well.
Category Archives: Hassles
Carl is in our wood shop (a.k.a. yoga studio) working on building a smoker for hot smoking hams while I am in our trailer making sauerkraut. According to wikipedia, the German translation for sauerkraut is either sour herb or sour cabbage. THANKS Mom and Dad for buying Carl and I a crock for our Birthday/Christmas […]
The Broccoli box was full of eggplant before I roasted them. Notice how small the yield after roasting them – the yellow bowl – but it will still be tasty during the winter! I used to only freeze eggplant in the form of baba ganoush but this year I am simply freezing pureed eggplant. So […]
I totally feel sorry for my husband because I lack the knowledge and ability to fix our broken equipment! I think I might need to learn some new skills because it is totally unfair that all the responsibility for repairs falls on him….. I am simply thankful that our tractor works, our health seems good […]
This has been another year of unreliable help for us. Last year was our first year where our farm help left without notice, and it has happened once again this year. We hired four apprentices in March when we normally have only one with the expectation that 2 of the 4 would stay for the […]
We chose to use electrical fencing to contain our goats and horses. The problem with electrical fencing is that it frequently needs maintenance; fixing wire that has stretched too much, cutting away trees and brush from the fence line, and cutting down the weeds underneath the wire so that it the electrical current is not shorted […]
Partners Lauren and Killion Dun Runn Oft! (They look and talk honest… but why don’t they have integrity to follow through?????) For anyone who has seen the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? you will recognize the spelling of the phrase to “run off”. It did happen. Last night, in the middle of the night, we are guessing […]
Our farm, like most businesses, always has some emergency to deal with, but it seems this week we might have more than our share. We normally winterize our barn because we have running water to the top floor where we have a kitchen and bathroom for our farm help. We fully drain the pipes each […]