Tag: preparing for winter

• A Jigsaw Farm with a Plan

  

  At this time of year all farmers in this hemisphere are shuffling animals into their winter pens, arranging their outside access. Dragging out the heated water bowls, stopping up drafts, creating an extra feed pile in case we get snowed in, checking the generator and finding the heating lamps. We always prepare for the most extreme weather.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 16, 2015

  Farming, Life, Photography

  barn in the midwest, old barns, preparing for winter

• Sometimes we all need to have a good think.

  Yesterday I awoke to 22F, this morning it is 40F.  But summer  is over. That life’s force we call Mother Nature is more powerful that any goverment, any warlike clan.  Any law, any silly little wish. Any roof and any plan. When they say the Force of Nature they mean the ultimate force.  She is the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 9, 2012

  Bees, Life, Photography, Sustainable farming, Vines and Wine, Writing

  jersey cows, life, mother nature, planning, preparing for winter, sustainable farming, taking stock

• Butternut, Chickpea Curry with Eggplant and another award!

  We are picking plenty of butternut now and I know I am supposed to be storing them in the basement for the winter but they are just so tasty.  Eggplants or aubergine seem to have been our best fruiting plant this year and we still have some hanging, just waiting for the kitchen. In fact…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 23, 2011

  Meals, Recipes, Vegetable Gardens, Vegetarian, Vines and Wine

  awards, butternuts, chickpeas, curry, eggplants, preparing for winter, recipes, sweet chilli pork