Ruffled Feathers and Spilled Milk

Farming with ducks and dairy goats, chickens and children.

Welcome Home.

We left friends and family in charge of the place while we were gone.  I roped a friend’s teenager into house-sitting and barn chores, assigned my dad the duty of watering the tomatoes, and tricked another friend into garden care. The teenager did an exceptional job, especially considering that when I offered him the job […]

Train hopping.

Train hopping is a dangerous thing.  Getting the speed and the grip just right is tricky.  You don’t always get to choose who you’re traveling with and even the familiar faces can do odd things as the walls close in and the miles pass.  You have no idea where you’re going.  Not really.  Just a […]

Do you hear what I hear?

It was time to burn the gourd vines and the honeysuckle off the 8′ tall chain link fence surrounding the garden.  Since that side of the garden faces the neighboring property I let the wildness grow and flourish from spring through summer and even late into winter.  But it has to come down eventually or […]

A Little Life.

Last night a patient asked me where I lived and when I answered, she looked at me quizzically.  She repeated the name of my town to her husband and he also looked at me blankly.  I live about 17 miles from them.  In the same county.  Granted they live in the larger, neighboring town—a town […]

Are We There Yet?

The most time-consuming part of MegaTrip II is over.  That would be the planning part.  It started last year a couple weeks after we came back from MegaTrip I and I booked reservations in the National Parks.  Which needs to be done almost a year in advance.  Then I started collecting Fodor’s and Frommer’s and […]

Livestock Rotation.

Let’s say your garden needs some new layers of compost in preparation for spring and summer crops.  Ideally, this compost comes from the barnyard, where manure has been mellowing for months.   It’s just waiting for someone to haul it to the garden. In addition to being a great opportunity for  a 4 hour Shoulder, […]

And again….

I knew it was coming.  It always does.  The kids were excited.  The Other Half got the generator running.  My dad reminded me that if we ran the generator every month like we were supposed it wouldn’t always be broken when we needed it.  Although he is beginning to give this lecture to Big because […]

Before I Had Children.

(This is a political post.  Feel free to skip if you can’t handle any more politics.  Don’t get triggered :)) Before I had children I knew everything.

Dug In.

Speaking of the New Year, I had some catching up to do on my To Do list.  “Weed the perennial bed” and “Transplant bushes” had been on the list for all of 2016.  That’s because I meant to do it in the winter of 2016 but I missed my window of opportunity.  I find it […]

2017.

Well that was fun.  Kinda.  Sort of. The best part of a year that starts off good and then spirals out of control is: 1.  It has to end eventually. 2.  You’re ready for anything by January 1st. So when I woke after working my New Year’s Eve shift, I wasn’t too surprised to find […]

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