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Field Work
From my porch I can see three beautiful tiers of red earth all carefully bermed to hold a flood. A flood of irrigation water, that is. Just what we needed to properly grow our veggies! It couldn’t have happened without … Continue reading
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The Barn Boys
The barn has a new wing. Not the barn that is really Ed’s shop. This is the barn near the turkey enclosure, the one Ed and his brother Gene raised last year after bringing it to Cornville from Desert Hot … Continue reading
Non-vacation, Part II: Our turkeys, our babies
The Universe has eaten my camera. What that means is that, even if I did take pictures of the turkey poults (that’s the proper term for turkey chicks) , they’re gone until the camera reappears. Ed says this is “third … Continue reading
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The New Buckeye Chicks
So, here they are, the new bits of fluff that will, hopefully, become the core of our new flock of chickens. These little guys are Buckeyes, the only breed of chicken known to be developed by a woman, one Nettie … Continue reading
Garden update
It promises to be another warm spring day today. That means a trip to the bale store…only greenhorn farmer types would call it that. But that’s what it is, the place where I buy the bales of straw and alfalfa … Continue reading
SNOW!
It never rains or snows in Cornville. That’s what all the locals tell us. There’s something about the configuration of the mesas and hills around us that diverts weather. Of course, that’s not true. If you look at my posts … Continue reading
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Lasagna on a Grand Scale
I just finished this years Sister Study survey form. More than ten years ago my middle sister Stephanie had an occurrence of breast cancer, twice actually, but she’s now cancer free (go Steph!). As a result she asked me to … Continue reading
Trees for the field
“It’s time to plant trees.” That’s what Ed said yesterday, surprising me because I had just that moment been thinking we needed some trees for our lower field. We both agreed immediately on Cottonwood trees. Why such huge trees for … Continue reading
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Planting a Lasagna Garden (belatedly) and apple cider vinegar
Okay, this is only three month’s overdue. I’ve had it as a draft since August. Why didn’t it get published? That has to do with our water up here. It turns out it’s very Basic–the pH runs somewhere between 10 … Continue reading
First Eggs
So, Gigi, Annie and Zebra had a lovely first day in their new home. I stopped by at about 4 to see how things were. They were out eating grass and bugs, so I checked the nest boxes, not really … Continue reading
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