We have a few new editions to the peep of chooks. Four chickens and a cockerel. The kids came to a unanimous decision to name the boy Kevin. They named him after a close family friend of ours that the kids adore. So, Kevin the cockerel it is. After working with Kevin for a few [...]
Archive for February, 2011
My mother raised six kids and from what I can tell, she used this cookbook: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. And let me tell you right here right now, this cookbook is ESSENTIAL for any parent trying to cook for a family. While I totally appreciate the research and effort from Cooks Illustrated, I find myself [...]
Brent spent many hours working out what type, the hows, the wheres, the whose of cow purchase. I’ll let him fill you in with the details. But, we have cow. They’re very cute and one even shares a birthday with me. They are Mirandaise. Which is a rare breed cow with something like 250 left [...]
The coop is complete and we have chook. The day I finished off the fence, Brent came home with a couple of chickens that night. It took two seconds for the squawky one to find a hole and start running around the fenced area. We let her settle down for a bit while I did [...]
Our farm came with lots of crazy stuff hacked together by the previous (now dead) farmer. One item of interest is the chicken coop. Long term, I’m hoping to pasture the chickens on the fields following the cows. Currently I’m nurturing a newborn and she limits my time to execute such grand plans. So in [...]
Your husband comes home with a backhoe A wild boar runs into your son’s school breaking a window and scaring the children. You see men (in this case your husband) at the side of the road (in this case your front yard) having a slash.
