The Kitchen's Garden

December 13, 2013

Sheila’s bedmaking

Sheila spends a lot of time on her bed these cold days. You can always tell how cold it is going to be by how high she pulls the straw up. This is a day time bed. Her day bed. Later when she was out in the fields the chickens came in and wrecked it.…

December 12, 2013

Still in the deep cold… just a mite chilly!

Deep cold. Last night it went down to- 2F (-18C) or if you want to add windchill which I find a dubious equation at best, it was -10 (-23C), pretty cold then I’d say. Many people have frozen pipes, no water in their houses and are just waiting it out. I know many of…

December 11, 2013

Writing and farming below freezing

Yesterday was colder than ever and the wind was blowing fiercely scoring the skin off my face and the water out of my own eyes. So cold that if you are doing the dishes and your hands are a little wet, and you pop outside for a piece of wood for the stove and then…

December 10, 2013

Every day dawns anew, washed, shiny and ready for living in.

Every day there is a new dawn. Every day. Everyone gets one. It is true. No matter what troubles we are dealing with, we all get another chance tomorrow. Yesterday the farmy woke to a little snow and more of the deep chill. Not as deep as some and certainly not as much snow and…

December 9, 2013

Mama still holding her own and a funny story

Unbelieveably. And against the odds she is still quietly sitting in her pen watching the world go by. She cannot walk more than a few steps, and makes not a sound. I pour her potion down her throat every two or three hours and make her get up to pee. Yesterday about 3pm I noticed…