Of Tasteless Tennis Balls and Tantalizing Tomatoes.

Almost 150 days of nurturing, watering, pampering, and fretting for a lousy sandwich!?
That seems like a lot of work! especially if you grow organic.
Among other things organic practices means NO CHEMICALS, so aside from hoping and praying there is not a lot you can do to prevent tomato horn-worms, flea beetles, aphids, and fruit worms [...]

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MMMMM BLT’s

I know, I know, it’s been far too log since we have updated the blog. We have been trying to keep up with the harvest, and storing produce. With the hot summer weather comes LOTS of work.
The good news is, the tomatoes are really doing well! It’s hard to believe that the tiniest little seed [...]

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Spending one full year, Living off the land

This book came recommended to me by a friend, and I can tell you now that I will be purchasing this book and reading it over and over. I can’t say enough about this book. It is about a family that chose to leave the city to move to a farm in Virginia [...]

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WOW… I don’t look a day over 41!

That’s cuz I aint!
I turned 41 today and I can’t think of too many places I would rather be! I have 2 girls that love me, good health, and a big beautiful chunk of earth to do with as we please!
For the first time in my adult life I observed my birthday by taking a [...]

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What a year it has been!

Well it’s been a year, I still cannot believe all the work we have gotten done!
To commemorate our anniversary, I have compiled a sideshow of pictures taken on the farm. Some are inside, some are outside but it gives you an idea of what the place looks like now. I didn’t include the “before” pictures.
I [...]

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“someones been sleeping in MY bed, and they are still there”

Every time I notice the egg count sliding off I know to look for a snakes (or snakes).
The count was down a bit yesterday and this is what we found this morning. Unfortunately she had already eaten 6 of my FERTILE eggs I was trying to hatch! Imagine the hen that sits through that!
Every day [...]

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A pretty pest

We found LOTS of these cute little buggers eating the parsley and dill.
Instead of killing them I collected them and found a different host plant for them. Butterflies and their caterpillars are finicky creatures. Most will only feed on one or two plant species.

Adult version…

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We finally did it, we adopted TWO kids!

We had talked about it for a long time and felt we were ready to take the plunge. We knew it was a huge responsibility, and would mean changing our lifestyle a bit, but we were ready! We decided on two because they already lived in the same home and knew each other and we [...]

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The guinea factory still cranking them out!

Well about a month ago one of our guineas went missing. This was about the time we were having the fox issue, so I assume she had gotten eaten. I know from time to time a guinea hen will lay eggs in the brush and try to hatch them herself, but with all the rain [...]

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I really did love my rooster… ;)

Brined with homemade herbs, roasted with local new potatoes, fresh garden garlic that we harvested last week and mushrooms! And for dessert was a homemade Strawberry Rhubarb torte, with local ingredients from the Farmers Market that morning. ** No animals were harmed in the making of the dessert, however.** We love to eat [...]

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