Tools Go Stabby Side DOWN
Night before last, I was in the garden setting up the sprinkler. I am somewhat obsessed with sprinkler efficiency – moving it as few times as possible to cover all areas needed. Happily, a former co-worker got me a pretty awesome sprinkler to help with just such an unhealthy obsession. Still, it needs Fiddling With [...]
My Grown-Up Girls
There are definitely two different girls laying now, though somewhat inconsistently. Some days we get two eggs, some days one, and on others there are none to be found at all. I know Chickenhead is one of the layers, but the second is a mystery. Chickenhead laid one a day for 5 days… then stopped. [...]
A Visit from Heather
My long-lost wonderful friend Heather decided to visit from the Chicago area yesterday, and boy howdy did we ever have a full day. Apart from catching up on each others’ last seven years of life, we picked about 25 pounds of tomatoes, eight pounds of cucumbers and processed nearly all of each of them. We [...]
Continuing the Journey of Rediscovering Simplicity
In addition to the milk in our delivery yesterday, I had requested a soft cheese-making kit. We have a bit of an overstock of milk currently, and I didn’t want it to start going bad. Making cheese would use up a gallon of milk – perfect. The kit consists of a small sheet of instructions, [...]
The Big News Around the Homestead
Word on the street is, Chickenhead is laying eggs. The street is right! She’s been laying them daily for three days – on the seat of her mom’s chair. They are small, but delicious. Nothing yet from the other girls, but nest boxes are being built. Here, you can see the girls busily hammering in [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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