Sometimes but not often enough I get to escape outside to do the chores in the early morning. Before children are running up and down the driveway... before the chickens have been let out... It's so peaceful... I'll load the baby in the stroller and we do the...
In memoriam... My "herd" is finally complete. I've been waiting to introduce you to my sweet goats but today is the day. We now have four goats on Half-Way Farm, la ferme a mi-chemin. They can now re-produce. I'm calling that a herd. Don't laugh. It all began last...
Are there many enjoyments in life as fine as a porch? I wonder what the history of the porch is? Surely a place to hide from the sun and relax for a few moments during a time in history when people worked from dusk 'til dawn just to survive. I wonder what the...
It's been a discouraging thirty days here on Half-Way Farm. First, I thought it was the crazy weather (as in some cases it was) but now it's apparent that something is really wrong with my gardens. All 4,200 square feet of them... and all the thousands of pounds of...
Independence Day has become rather important to me. All it took was watching the John Adams mini-series a few years ago (and a few times since). Watching those scenes where the details of the Declaration are hammered out. Oh my gosh, I loved how they played...
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French Country Christmas: The Parisienne Farmhouse... Noël Unbelievable--- it's our second Christmas here at la Ferme a Mi-Chemin... our Half-Way Farm. Last year was so unreal - one side of the room pretty, one side of the room moving boxes... and me reeling from a...
VEGANS, PETA PEOPLE - this post is not for you. 🙂 The numbers are in.The basement is full of herbs, apples and some quarts.The "homestead fridge" is full of potatoes, squash and seeds.The freezer full of chickens. Whew.I wish there was a vacation on the...
No, I haven't been around as much as I used to.Not that I don't write three posts a day... in my mind.But my time seems to no longer be my own as my children's needs beckon me from 6:30 in the morning 'til about 10 at night when the baby finally really falls...