Category: Sustainable farming
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Rain, Hail, The Works!
The black clouds I noticed when I started to carry buckets of water to the barn in preparation for the milking yesterday morning, were not as frightening as the continual thunder. It sounded like a monster train running over a bump in the track not too far away. The thunder rolled again and again for…
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Country Air Conditioning
I have begun to feed hay out to the animals now. There is a little feed left in the fields but they are grazing very low to the ground now. And my fields are very young. There are lots of dried off tops which I have left to shade whatever legume may struggle through from…
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Salsa Verde and the Piggies are Put through their Paces.
Remember these from the garden. Tomatillos. They hang like little paper lanterns. And inside the little paper lantern a tomato grows. A green tomato. A tomatillo. So yesterday Our John made Grilled Tomatillo Salsa Verde. Char grill tomatillo, capsicum (sweet pepper) and a couple of jalapenos until soft. Smash up. Add onion, lime juice, seasonings…
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Salsa Verde and the Piggies are Put through their Paces.
Remember these from the garden. Tomatillos. They hang like little paper lanterns. And inside the little paper lantern a tomato grows. A green tomato. A tomatillo. So yesterday Our John made Grilled Tomatillo Salsa Verde. Char grill tomatillo, capsicum (sweet pepper) and a couple of jalapenos until soft. Smash up. Add onion, lime juice, seasonings…
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