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,…
Time to spruce up the brooder; baby chicks are on the way! This week we ordered 60 Cornish Cross chickens to raise for meat. Thirty of them should be arriving next week and the others a month later. With the risk of literally counting…
Over our morning coffee, Randy told me about a dream he had last night. He was hoeing his way through the field and the weeds were growing up behind him just as fast as he was hoeing, reaching well over his head. I was…
