Tag: farming
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Nocturnal Is Good for the Soul
Imagine if we were meant to be a little awake at night. Just one eye, maybe. Farmers are always a little bit awake – we leap to our feet – well I leap to my feet – at any farmyard sound that is out of place. I have never understood deep unconscious sleep in the…
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Sustainable Sunday Podcast
I wish I was a more organized content developer but I simply am not. My Sustainable Sunday Podcast is a prime example. I will think on it and cogitate and ruminate for days before the time to write strikes me. I am almost pig headed about not beginning until I am ready. Then I will…
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Naturally Hatched Chicks
And I thought I was the only one with chicks in the Late Summer. But chickens have other ideas. This mama hen was wandering about the big pig’s weedy garden. Her newly hatched chicks scratching about in their (the pigs) dinner spot. It did not feel safe. But there you are. As I write this…
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Furiously Leaning Into the Day
Yesterday I got a lot done on the farm because I got angry – I call it the Little Red Hen Syndrome. I see Red. (I cannot tell you why that happened yesterday) but when I get angry I seldom speak out I just get to work super fast. I use anger as a tool…
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Making Wild Plum Brandy
But that’s not all. Oh no, that is not all! The farm is up and running and dragging the kitchen along with it and I have not even begin on the gardens. How many words do you like to read in a blog. Especially a farm lifestyle blog. Because that is what this is! A…
The Kitchen's Garden 