Jan 5, 2023 | Farming, Food for Thought
My days off are for recovery. Recovery from 18-hour store days, the pressures of timelines, and being beholden to timers, schedules, and management. At the same time, it is time that allows me to focus on the farm, store, and family. Trying to fix those things that...
May 6, 2019 | Farming, Life
Twelve years ago, a year after saying good bye to our former dog, Bernice (our matriarch Llama) would communicate with Nancy (our animal communicator) about the fact that a dog will be coming to me. It would be the male runt of the litter. A week later, I received a...
Mar 26, 2018 | Fiber Studio, Homesteading Skills, Life
The Life Of Wool Continues….. Shearing is supposed to be done on a spring-like day; March is technically a spring month and therefore a month that I try to book one of the few available shearers in the state. Last weekend, however, was not a spring feeling day....
Mar 24, 2016 | Farming in Winter, Spring Time, Uncategorized
Better late then never for an update of my days off. Besides some more greenhouse planting, feeding the bees, and preparing for milking season with my goats, I spent a fair amount of time reflecting on my barn. A great deal of my time of during this season, is spent...
