homestead poetry and recipes
I’ve been posting cute chick pics lately but make no mistake about it, I took the leap with incubating eggs for the home grown meat. I’m feeding these hungry chicks now, in order to feed my family this summer. Some of these chicks have less …
Read MoreA busy bee in the blooming lavender on a Sunday morning.
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I am no longer an incubator virgin. I would say that I had a positive initiation experience.
Read MoreThere is apparently only room for one couple between the two ponds.
Read MoreI am usually already up as the light begins steel away the night and birds start singing in anticipation of the day.
Read MoreIt’s time to get to work weeding, but it’s good to stop and appreciate a beautiful spring morning…
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The male goose rises up out of the water, flapping its wings impressively, and she sends out signals letting him know that she’s chosen him. When Mr. Mims ploughs that tiller through the dirt, I admire his strength and mastery of the tiller…
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When I shot this video there was wind, and crows calling, and an airplane flying overhead that sounds a little like a Jimi Hendrix slide accompanying the nearby wind chimes while the flowers do their dance….
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Sage is another herb (like oregano,) that I keep dried in my seasoning cabinet, but that I love to pick fresh because, I confess, I have a scent fetish.
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I cut the dry asparagus stems that I never did cut back at the start of winter, but I left the tomato baskets I keep over them, so that I know where they are.
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