Monthly Archives: September 2014

The Rest is Bacon

The First Piglet Outbreak was awful. I came home, hoping to settle down and finally build the 16 beehive frames I urgently need before I can take honey this Monday.  I went out to check on all the animals to find … Continue reading

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Getting Sauced

Every year, our tomato crops are by far the most successful of everything we grow. After planting our first garlic in the fall of 2011, the first structure we put up was our hoop house.  We filled it with five … Continue reading

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Going to Seed

Our back garden is done for this growing season. Due to the rapidly changing weather and extraordinary neglect on our part, the squash, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, herbs, and cucumbers simply became overrun with weeds and started to die off. One … Continue reading

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Pig Milk

Bubble’s piglets are thriving. At a week and a half old, they’ve started to venture more bravely out and away from mama.  They’ve starting rooting gently with their little snouts, nibbling grass, and even drinking a little of the water … Continue reading

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