Last Tomato, First Snow

On Tuesday, I sat down on the patio in the blinding sunshine, all by myself, and ate the last homegrown tomato of the year.  I ate it on a big slab of toasted ciabatta bread from Moxie, a new bread …

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Pickles and Pepper

Well, while winter has definitely arrived in the barnyard—we’ve had a couple of nights drop into the teens—we had a glorious weekend.  I cleaned out the garden beds and threw the tomato plants with the last of the fruit over …

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A Beautiful Fall Day

As soon as I went outside to feed the animals, I knew it was going to be a special morning. The light was gorgeous.  The leaves were starting to fall in earnest from the big elm that shades the barnyard …

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The New and Improved Goat Shed

Well, it took a while but it’s finally (mostly) complete.  With an El Niño winter forecast—colder and wetter than normal—I wanted the goat shed to be more comfortable for humans (well, me) and beasts.

Some improvements were just for the …

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The Look-Alikes

We recently had a big end-of-summer party and I was showing the animals to some new friends who had never met them.  I got the question, “How in the world do you tell all the chickens apart?  Some of them …

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Working and Watching

No getting around it anymore.  Fall is definitely here.  It was drab and raining on and off for a few days.  I know we need the moisture but it certainly affects my personality.  I wanted to curl up and hibernate. …

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Vet Visit Victory

Well, Doink’s yearly vet visit is now history.  (Might not be an actual victory, but success doesn’t start with a “V” 🙂 )  While I feel like we’re both still recovering a little, it went well.

The vet I loved …

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