Nature is Cruel and Kind
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described life in nature as “nasty, brutish, and short” a view that continues to resonate with certain members of the populace. Often a man of...
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Nature is Cruel and Kind
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The Scythe
Before I started this year's project I fantasized about putting up a day's worth of hay with my scythe. With that data in hand I could compute how many days...
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Ripe Tomatoes
In past posts I’ve mentioned the little greenhouse in which I planted tomatoes, peppers, melons, and basil. The one big disappointment has been the pepper plants, which have hardly set...
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Free Range Chickens
Back in the end of May Garth noted that we had some new babies on the farm. The hen we moved down closer to the house to incubate her eggs...
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Cairncrest West
Hello. Perhaps you’ve been wondering what happened to me. I hope no one has been following this blog obsessively enough to remember the post in which I mentioned that my...
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Potatoes
Long time readers of this blog may remember that my 2014 potato crop was less than it might have been. Pink rot struck late in the year, apparently it is...
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Blueberries
Apparently WordPress does not agree with my sentiment it should be OK to leave a blogpost untitled if the lead image is the title. My apologies to anyone who tried...
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Hybrid Willows
One aspect of farming that I try to minimize is having a group of animals stay in any place too long. It's easy to keep everyone rotating all over the...
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Mr Winchester
This is our bull Mr Winchester. In cattlespeak he's the herdsire. He's the only male bovine on the farm who is fully intact if you catch my drift. Actually, come...
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Dumber than a Jumbo Shrimp
Even before I subjected myself to the ridiculous strictures of a farm-only diet I spent a lot of time thinking about cooking meat. No, not like that Onion article -...
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Squash
I am really happy about the squash so far this year. I finally timed the seed starts correctly and the frost co-operated with the planting out. I love winter squash...
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New Piggies
I got some more pigs a few weeks ago, and thought I ought to share them with the blogosphere. In the background of the lead photo is the old set...
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A Picnic Table to Remember
I purchased this picnic table when I realized how much better it would be to have the dozen odd children who attended my daughter’s birthday party outside, particularly while they...
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The Meals of Just-ish VII: The Greatest Day Ever
If you're new to the blog, this post explains what's going on. Sure, a pig roast is fun, and it’s always interesting to have a couple dozen of Normandy and...
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