This morning I woke up with a decimated throat, a valve in my nose stuck in the “full on” position and joints feeling twice their age. It’s a Sick Day.
This gives me opportunity to stay in bed, knit, catch up on email and Reader sites, and make a blog entry or two in between blowing [...]
Today was the day for the much-anticipated cow share farm visit at Our Farm & Dairy. It’s gorgeous and sunny out, completely, spectacularly beautiful at a balmy 18 degrees F. Fortunately, Mike’s mom got me some CuddleDuds for Christmas, and wowsers – these things are warm. I could probably turn the heat in the house [...]
And by “I made butter,” I mean, “I threw heavy whipping cream into the food processor for 15 minutes.”
Seriously. That’s all it takes.
My processor literally requires ear plugs to use for any time at all, so I put it in the dining room while I was making dinner the other night and let it do [...]
Over the last few months, I’ve developed a passion for nesting/homesteading rivaled only by a Pentecostal with a snake-bite kit. Everything about being more self-sufficient and environmentally friendly is fascinating. In furthering my desires to move toward a more homesteady life, we have these Plans, see:
Build chicken house, add fencing and install chickens
Make garden plot [...]