Blueberry season is in full swing. Yesterday, Leah and I and my Mom and Dad and the 3 boys picked for a couple hours. We ended up with about 65 pounds of berries. The folks have been freezing their share and ours have been going into jam and some into the freezer. […]
Anyone who has ever milked a cow or two or 30 knows that flies at milking time can make life miserable. The stomping and kicking, milkers flying off or pails getting spilled and the old tail in the face trick turn the happiest job into one of torture. This summer we have less […]
Last night we had such a fine meal, I thought I’d share it with you. Nothing fancy, didn’t even have meat. It was just good summer food and all of it was pick moments before it was consumed. We had summer squash and zucchini fried in butter in a big cast iron […]
This year I’ve really been lamenting over the fact that we didn’t have a hog around. Hogs are one of the most important animals to have on a real homestead. They turn waste milk, table scraps, and garden scraps into fine tasting meat. Every time I saw waste I would say, “We […]
We’ve been pretty busy of late and everytime I was going to take the time to post something here the wireless connection would be giving me fits. But its working today, so I thought I’d drop in and write something. We have been making hay whenever the equipment is working, which is not […]
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