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A couple of weeks back we got two truckloads of fresh compost, and we dumped it in various piles about the garden area to be spread when we were done unloading. The chickens got in in the meantime and helped us with the spreading part by scratching up the fresh piles. [...] It’s Part 1 because I am sure this won’t be our first display of cozy comfort food this winter. My mom often made something she called Swiss steak, which I remember fondly. I was afraid that when I went to find a recipe, her version would be nothing like the canonical Swiss steak, but [...] … with the obvious exceptions of the wine, salt, pepper. Chicken: grown by us. Beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, garlic, roasting under the chicken: grown by us. Butter for basting: made by us from cream from organic, happy Washington pastured cows from Fresh Breeze. Stock for helping veggies cook: made by us from [...] Turkeys exploring on their first day out in the world, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. They have been in the tractor for like 7 weeks at this point, and while they have fresh grass in there, this is the first time they have been out under the [...] (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 [...] Here are some things that are new this year! Blueberries are … berrying, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. This year we are allowed to let our blueberries set fruit. We won’t get much, but I’m excited! The Wyandottes are learning about the world, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. Our Wyandottes are fifteen [...] Baby turkeys are here!, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. They are smaller than I thought they would be! I have been taken to task by more than one person for the lack of duckling photos. So here are some ducklings! Most of the photos have notes in Flickr — click through and mouse over the photo to see them. This little girl arrived with her egg tooth still attached, [...] *dance dance dance* It’s the chicken shuffle! We had a lot of poultry in the house for the past few weeks. First we got the four new Wyandottes, who are over seven weeks old already. They have been living in the office, in two halves of a plastic dog crate, zip-tied together. Then [...] The new farm, originally uploaded by laurenipsum. Last weekend we went up to the new farm to see where we could start tilling. It’s hard to get a coherent picture of an expanse of grass that’s this big, but for reference, I am standing at the southwest corner of the plot. The post [...] 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 [...] |
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