35 days 6 hours Spring Harvest SHEARING March 10th — 9am
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February 2012
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what’s been happening

Just before shearing last year, I gave up on this blog Farm Journal.  Getting photos into posts was such a pain in the neck that posting just wasn’t fun at all.  Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who noticed because the good folks at WordPress have streamlined the process.  I’m giving it another try…

The ewes get to eat indoors the day after shearing.

Shearing in March went off without a        [....read more]

new wheels

I was all excited about my new wheels and was going to post about them but it turned out that Jim was more excited about my excitement…so excited that he put the story of my new wheels on the home page of our website!  Eesh!  

What Jim didn’t cover in his story was my complete and utter surprise when the wheels were revealed on Christmas morning.

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the between days

I love the days between Christmas and New Year!  It could well be my favorite week of the year.  I get a lot done and, if only for a short time, I feel somewhat organized.  I might even have time to do something new and different…or something that’s been put off for lack of the good chunk of time it requires.

The pile of mail that lives on the kitchen table        [....read more]

always learning…

These are my Dark Days Challenge meals for weeks 3 & 4…

Week 3 – braised lamb with beans – was a dinner that promised to be quite tasty but I kind of rushed the beans a bit and grossly underestimated the amount of liquid the beans would need to cook properly.  It wasn’t a total disaster because I discovered the need for more liquid before it was too late but        [....read more]

breakfast

It’s my favorite meal of the day… but only when someone else makes it!  I don’t eat a good one nearly often enough because I’m too lazy to make it but the  Canadian bacon that we’d be given was calling to me and I was inspired.  This is what I cooked up…

A 3 egg omelette — pullet size eggs by Hatchtown hens —  with sharp cheddar inside from Pineland        [....read more]