pile of o'melays

things have been overwhelming to say the least. luckily i'll have three weeks off from work. i took the kids to the creek today--not tha...

the obligatory gooey baby tired mama the kids true love rome proud daddy big sister dotes on rome

8:45 pm july 29th 3.5 hrs of labor

i had a comment regarding killing the other dog that pushed my buttons. "Yes, you are protecting your farm and family. You are also dem...

614656 to 1 tristan, kassi and toly were all born on the dark of the moon. if rome decides to hold out until july 31/aug 1 his odds will be ...

that other dog came back. i assume that the malamute is off somewhere dying or dead. my neighbor called and said "that little dog is ou...

why is it every time that i truly enjoy something it either gets discontinued, disappears like it never existed or jumps the shark ? i guess...

tabitha needs a break from the kids by the time i get home from work. the kids love going to the creek. i piled rocks on either side of the ...

i braided about forty pounds of onions. they are hanging in the same room with the garlic. tristan helped--mostly running interference betwe...

morning chores move, feed and water broiler chickens feed and water cows let the girls down (hens) deal with the onions brai...

yes we are still waiting for rome. things we have done. butchered 12 more chickens lamented over our failing garden i hooked up the vacuum p...

we just butchered eight chickens--screaming kids the whole way. tristan complained, toly cried and kassi was surprisingly calm and content. ...

our little garden is suffering. the tomato black leaf spot is rampant. the hail really did a number. it opened a zillion little sores on our...

warning boring post ahead tabitha's hive (double swarm) mostly friendly 2 full hive bodies (they'll likely make it through winter) ...

only three chickens died total. our prompt measures worked on the still living ones. we separated the new pullets from the broilers and have...

saith mother nature. it hailed golf ball sized hail and rained about seven inches all last night. garden ruined.. tomatoes pelted to oblivio...

we still don't make our own tortillas. everything else is local. the most exciting part is the pico de gallo. this salsa isn't true ...

my son is reading harry potter. it is magic to sit and listen to him. he reads aloud. he is only 10 or 15 pages in but he's reading it.

he likes to crank it really fast. this is our pasta machine. we use it heavily. these are egg noodles. we like to use our eggs. tabitha is p...