Monthly Archives: February 2014
I’d Like to Tap That
Back at the end of September, I wrote about our time spent marking the sugar maples on our property. It was a stroke of genius on our part, since it is REALLY difficult to determine tree types when they are … Continue reading
And All of a Sudden, Maggie is Gone
One of the dogs woke me up Thursday morning by pressing his giant, wet nose in my face and my very next thought was of Maggie. It was early, maybe 5:30, almost the exact time that, just one day before, … Continue reading
Pig Worms
Our breeding sow, Bubble, has successfully been bred. We were hoping she would get knocked up in February (although we think it may have happened at the end of January) because a pigs’ gestation is almost exactly three months, three … Continue reading
Chickensicles
It snowed about 1,000 feet today and my chickens keep getting stuck in the snow. Despite the snowblown paths and the chicken bathhouse full of not-frozen ground, they continue to be mind-bendingly stupid. They wander off-course and they cannot seem … Continue reading
Planning for Planting
The weather turned briefly warm over the past couple of days. Just as patches of grass emerged through the snow and the frozen patches turned to puddles, our thoughts turned to planting. February seems to do this to us. It’s … Continue reading
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