Tag: organic
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Dawn Corn Harvest
At dawn. Probably figuring we were already awake anyway. And they were right. The combine harvesters began to strip our fields of the organic corn. Organic or not it is still a monster machine. I was not ready for him to start that early so the shots were taken on the fly. Very soon –…
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Ride along on the Big Tractor
‘Is that you in the tractor’? I texted Farmer Ross. The big John Deere with its planter boxes had been slowly trolling back and forth around the house for a few hours. ‘Three minutes’, he texted back. So after a couple or three short minutes I walked out into the field. The ground flat and…
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No politics here. Just life. Just farming. Just me.
This is a politics free zone. Isn’t that a relief. The frenzy driven, spurious, destructive, puerile, gossipy politics that keeps bleeding into our lives makes me want to run and hide. I need to stand witness, but not here. Not on our farm blog. Even saying this is a politics free zone is a statement…
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Ducks like Vegetables Too and the First Blossom!
So yesterday was spent raising the South Kitchens Garden beds. The ducks can clean up a whole bed of greens in seconds. They LOVE their vegetables. So I am putting my favourite greens out of their reach. These ducks don’t fly (and have a rooster guardian as you can see). So the beds don’t have…
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GREEN SOUP AND RED FIFE BAGUETTES
Oh, the life I lead now! Lots of food! I live in a life of frugal plenty. Which reminded me of a story: When I was a young solo mum with too many children and not enough money; I stole toilet paper. TOILET PAPER!!! 💀😂 Unashamedly!! (But only if there was more than one spare…
The Kitchen's Garden 