Busy, busy, busy week on the farm! I’d tell you how many hours we’ve put in but then I’d have to count them, which would be terrifying. So here is an abbreviated newsletter with just a quick update and one very important recipe. Monday morning…
Ever since our laying hens became experts at flying over the fence, they have been pushing the limits of free range. Unfortunately for us, Rookie has discovered that those pretty, muzzle-sized packages the chickens keep leaving everywhere are full of gooey deliciousness. And she has…
Back in late July, when the tomato harvest dried up, I started saying there will be more tomatoes in September. Now it is fall, September is almost over, and there have only been a handful of tomatoes. What happened? We still have tomato plants in…
Why did the chicken cross the road? To hide her eggs from the farmers. Now that we have ended their tomato-eating fun by fencing in the garden, the chickens have retaliated by lollygagging around in the road trying to get hit by cars. Egg production…
Last Wednesday night the greenhouse blew down, and as of Monday afternoon the plants were moved back in! We owe many thanks Larry Smith and Bruce, Mary and Sophia from Lazy Dog Farm for coming out on Sunday and helping us rebuild. On Monday Randy…
Let’s just cut to the chase, shall we? The greenhouse blew down. Wednesday night we had a wicked storm. The front blew through and we thought we were in the clear. Then, around 9:30 or 10pm, a severe thunderstorm popped up and walloped us. The…
Randy was in Nashville most of the week so I was left to my own devices on the farm. What did I do? Binge-watched the entire first season of Downton Abbey on Netflix, that’s what. And I did some farming, too: transplanted out kale, collards,…
