Archive for March, 2006

For Sale..Extra Dark Maple Candy..$75 per pound

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

We have a saying around here. “When it rains, it pours”. We have had string of troubles lately. The last week and a half we had the stomach bug, the transformer burning up, Leahs uncle had a stroke, my neighbor (the one with the hogs) was hit by a snowplow and was […]

Hill Top Happenings

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Sorry for my lack of posts lately. The first part of the week we were all sick with some stomach bug. We are all better now and getting back into the swing of things. For a few days I was the one man army around here and I’m feeling pooped. Thankfully, my brother helped me […]

New Blog to Watch

Monday, March 13th, 2006

Puritan Mama now has a Blog ! I am looking forward to reading about their adventures.

A Break in the Weather…So a break from the Blog

Monday, March 13th, 2006

This past week we had temps in the 50’s so I suddenly had a burst of energy! Tuesday we tapped some maples, about 25 buckets hanging. I’ve been busy getting everything together to start boiling. So far the yields are poor. The end of the week we will be back in the 20’s so we […]

This and That

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Acres USA is sponcering the Polyface Farm Intensive Discovery Seminars. Click Here for the details.
This looks like a good book.
Gene Logsdon tells us about “What he learned from his Grandpaws.”
Farming Magazine has a another good article titled Sabbath Farming in the winter issue. The article is supposed to be online, but the link is not […]

Noah’s Birthday Cake

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

I suppose the high society crowd would find this cake a little strange, but I know my agrarian freinds will think its pretty neat. I admit, some of the frosting looks like crap…..but hey, its supposed to

It was my idea and Leah’s handywork. Noah loved it, he called it his “Banure […]