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(Yeah, “cheese” is a verb now; why do you ask?) In late November, I made my first goat cheddar. It looked awesome, but it had several mishaps. First, the dog got into it while it was sitting curing on the counter (in a place where I didn’t think he could reach [...] We’ve been quiet for a while because we’ve been busy (as usual, I know) with lots of things. Many of our blog readers have probably met Garth’s good old dog Oscar, who trotted around happily and healthily until he suddenly didn’t, and couldn’t, because he’d stopped eating. After several visits to the vet, [...] I have been MAKING! Many days back, at the Country Living Expo, I bought a little one-ounce ingot of beeswax with the intent of making some lotion or lip balm … someday. Then this weekend when I read Stephanie at 3191′s post about being able to make salve from what’s already in the [...] Hey look what we got! These shy little guys (who won’t move out from behind the crate so I can take a good picture) are Soay sheep, a not-very-domesticated breed from Scotland. They are small, and their tails are short so they don’t need to be docked, and they don’t need to [...] Three quarts of pickled asparagus, one with extra spicy. Yesterday we spent the day preparing to have mushrooms in the fall. Friends Joanna (who interned at a farm out here last summer) and Jacob came out for the day, bearing safety gear and two giant bags of plugs (basically dowels) inoculated with shiitake mushroom spores from Fungi Perfecti. The first step (after eating [...] (No, not that kind of Roundup.) New things: First day at the farmers’ market! We sold 7 $4 pints of plums. The booth fee was $12.50. So, not bajillionaires, but about in line with what we expected. And it was really good to have our first market experience be pretty low-key. Slow ramp-up is [...] Tomorrow morning from 9am-1pm we will be at the B.I. Farmers’ Market to sell plums. Any and all local readers, come say hi! We should have a sign with our name but if not look for the booth labeled Terra Bella (we’re sharing) — or just look for the plums! Baby turkeys are here!, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. They are smaller than I thought they would be! Asparagus!, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. The asparagus is coming up! We won’t have very many spears, but I didn’t think any would come back at all after the multiple sessions of scratching the chickens gave the asparagus plot. So I am happy to see these little [...] The chickens started laying about ten days ago. We have some ideas who’s laying, and I’m not sure it’s all of them. We built a little platform and put some Rubbermaid tubs on it, for nest boxes, but the chickens go under the platform — the gap is only about 4 inches — and [...] |
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