Mon Abri Farm: Grateful

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Farm Happenings

Summer is rolling right along here on the farm. Beans, Peas, lettuce and hot peppers are all producing great, and the goat keeps filling up the milk containers for delicious cheese and miscellaneous cooking needs. The garlic should be ready for harvesting this weekend or next, and then I will replant that area with lettuce and Brussels sprouts (and maybe a zucchini plant?).

Also this weekend I plant to walk down the pond at the back of the property and see whether the elderberries are ripening yet. I have to try making some elderberry wine this year after reading about all the good medicinal and health benefits of it. And because I love wine : )

Speaking of wine, a have a few gallons in the basement that will need to be racked this weekend, and fresh water solution has to be put into the air locks as well.

I might be picking up the baby pig that I ordered for September's pig roast, but I think waiting another week would be wise, in the hope that it is weaned enough and won't die on me. Speaking of dying, I lost five turkey poults in the last 24 hours, most likely due to ingesting mold spores, and that is all I can figure it was because they were showing signs of neurological problems right before they died. I hate turkeys. I think I've given up on them for now. I swear they all try their hardest to die in some way or another.

Anyway, the weekend looks to be nice and there is never a shortage of things to do around the farm, thankfully. Have a lovely Friday. ~A

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

And the "Polar Vortex" continues...

Yep, its still c-o-l-d... I know because I checked this morning, and the temperature read -23 degrees. So it is true!. This was the first time the big dog ever had frozen, stinging paws after running outside for a quick poop this morning. Poor Louie. Because it was too cold to let the dog play outside, I took him along with me to the feed mill to pick up some grain. He looked a tad concerned with my driving skills. But in my defense it was snowing, and icy!

Louie riding" shotgun"

Snow and cold. Cold and snow. More cold, more snow. Cold snow. It appears never-ending. I'm going to loose my mind. Have I already?

Heading to the Feed Mill

What have we been doing to get through all of this polar despair? Drooling over spring seed catalogues and eating of course! Lately we've just been hanging out in the kitchen, throwing ingredients together and playing around with our food to see what we could come up with. So far the results have not been disappointing.