Comments on pile of o'melays: there is too much to do

Nice stove guard! We've not had one since our wood...

2007-11-17T11:25:00.000-06:00

Nice stove guard! We've not had one since our wood furnace is in the cellar. With our tiny cottage the wood stove will be in the common room so like you I've built a guard to keep little ones safe.

What a nice round-up. This urbanite remembers how...

2007-11-14T08:27:00.000-06:00

What a nice round-up. This urbanite remembers how busy the fall was on my uncle's farm as everyone worked "two seasons ahead". And I the toys...oy. We're moving this weekend and in the process I managed to unload seven large boxes of plastic junk (I think it multiplies in the dark). It will NOT be replaced.

I LOVE that cow picture! It's great!

2007-11-12T19:01:00.000-06:00

I LOVE that cow picture! It's great!

I know what you mean about the toys! We have large...

2007-11-12T08:43:00.000-06:00

I know what you mean about the toys! We have large family on both sides that insist on buying my kids the China made plastic crap by the ton! (I have been told by the few family members I trust to talk about such things to that it is rude of me to ask people not to buy for my kids!!) Anyway, I find that mine tend to enjoy the everyday real objects around the house much more than their toys.

It never seems to end, does it? We had an incredi...

2007-11-11T17:26:00.000-06:00

It never seems to end, does it? We had an incredibly LONG warm spell, and suddenly it's cold. I spent the weekend getting our garden beds put down for winter, and planting garlic.

If you have time, I'd love to hear more about your winter wheat. It might be a good something instead of straw mulch for my garden beds, but we get a lot of snow and from the first snow to the spring thaw will have up to four feet of accumulation on the ground.

I know you've been busy but it all looks so peacef...

2007-11-11T11:03:00.000-06:00

I know you've been busy but it all looks so peaceful there. For Christmas this year Logan is asking for money to put toward a trampoline when we move. We've told him as soon as we move he can get a big one with a net. I think that will be happening the day we move! I'm glad not to be adding a bunch of plastic toys to our house this year!

danielle,we use a surge milker. it is no longer ma...

2007-11-11T06:33:00.000-06:00

danielle,

we use a surge milker. it is no longer manufactured as a whole unit. they do make all the replacement parts and vacuum pump.

sugarcreekfarm,

it looks like we have a few more days of good weather and time off to accomplish more chores.

I hear you. We're in the throes of the "fall fren...

2007-11-10T21:42:00.000-06:00

I hear you. We're in the throes of the "fall frenzy" here as well, trying to get everything done before the snow flies. Any days without snow feel like a gift at this point. A year ago this weekend we were snowed in by a bad blizzard.

The milk house looks fantastic!

The milk house looks great! What kind of milking m...

2007-11-10T19:15:00.000-06:00

The milk house looks great! What kind of milking machine are you all using?

We're still on a quest to acquire a milk cow over the next year, though I'm seriously looking into Dexters as well.