It was magic. I had hearty leftovers with big ideas. Some pork, some roasted root veg could so easily be made into omelets or bubble-n-squeak, but no I remembered a trick my mama used to do. If I was hungry and the dinner window was not open, she would give me a snack that wouldn’t [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Thankfully it fits within my peasant farmer budget. In Seattle, I was approaching Salmon Snob. I never could master salmon ‘ella ella ella … eh eh eh. But, I really loved that white, wild caught white salmon that turned up at my favorite fishmonger to which I paid my yuppie premium. No, but salt. I [...]
For the first time ever, I needed to use all burners. Sure, I “can” use all the burners, but tonight, I “needed” to use them. We’re a two fry-pan family now. Back in our yuppie years, we had a schmancy six burner mega-monster that took (and I quote the contractor here) “four gorillas” to bring [...]
Sometimes, You Need To Grab The Bull By Its Horns
Posted: January 10, 2012 in farmingTags: family, farming
Or be handed a rope wrapped around horns with a bull on the end. I wasn’t planning to hop in the pen and separate the calves with Brent, but sometimes you need to act on an opportunity. We need to wean the calves. Brent is finishing up his cow pen design. Using the buildings we [...]
Somewhere, Somehow A Stig Is Watching You
Posted: January 4, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: family, stig, top gear
A friend of ours gave Otto a Stig full of body wash (If you give someone a Christmas gift and they don’t blog about, does it make a sound?). Otto thought the statue of The Stig was okay. When I showed him that it secretly contained soap for the shower he was immediately pleased in [...]
OH what a feeling! At last, I used our metal glue gun. Much thanks to Brent for holding the baby and pushing me out the door so I could spend a few hours with some very, very nice people who taught me how to get started welding as well as cow milking. Result: cow milking [...]
