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  • June 3, 2023

    Planting By The Moon

    Planting By The Moon

    Tonight is the full moon. The time for harvesting not sowing or planting. The best moon for planting is the new moon. Of course there are many theories behind why we might garden by the moon. I personally think that it is the pull of the moon on the tides, bringing up water, maybe more…

  • June 2, 2023

    How’s your connectivity?

    How’s your connectivity?

    We are enduring a real problem with the internet out here on the farm, these last two days. And we are so close to launching the new website that, of course, we are going to have connectivity problems. It is Murphy’s Law, right!? What Can Happen , Will Happen and at the Worst Possible Time.…

  • June 1, 2023

    What frog sounds like this?

    What frog sounds like this?

    Or is it a toad? It can’t all be beautiful pictures. Though let us stop for a moment to admire the chickens in the weeds. Every now and then we have to listen! And you know I love recording sounds. I was out on my deck late last night recording these frog sounds. Or are…

  • May 31, 2023

    Leave it up to the Cows

    Leave it up to the Cows

    The flies have arrived with the heat. Though you would not know it from this idyllic image of wheat in the sunset. Flies are hell for cows so this beastie got under an old jacket I had hung in the tree. I re-purpose sacks and old hoodies, the pigs winter blankets, (pretty much anything) and…

  • May 30, 2023

    Last Duck Standing

    Last Duck Standing

    The last duck on the property is sitting on her chickens eggs with lazer focus. When I pass by her sitting on her nest in the blue plastic tote tipped sideways she ducks super low, camouflaging herself into the old straw. She is actually very hard to see too, in the barns gloom, this chameleon…

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