Posted in Work, Minnesota Weather, Our Farm House, Life on Jul 8th, 2007
It’s been a busy weekend so far and it’s only Sunday morning. We try to do things around here the best we can without having to hire it done. It (usually) saves us a lot of money and we get a good job done without the worry of someone else doing as good of a […]
Posted in Family, The Garden, Chikkers, One Local Summer, Life on Jul 6th, 2007
My first is always the best and this morning was no exception. I made an omelet from the chikkers with fresh green onions and basil from the garden, with a dab of fresh Minnesota Montrachet goat cheese and it was out of this world!
The basil made the whole omelet! I could live on it year round and I would […]
Posted in One Local Summer on Jul 4th, 2007
It’s been a busy week so far. Husbands two brothers have been home since last Friday and I have been packing them up to go on fishing trips with the other days wrapped around impromptu family gatherings and today is the last family gathering I have to attend! Don’t get me wrong, family is great but I love […]
Posted in Our Animals, The Garden, Ducks, Life on Jul 3rd, 2007
It rained today. Finally, after much thought and consideration by mother nature she let go of a small portion of moisture for our gardens, crunchy lawns, and duck pleasure- although I think they had to think about it for a few seconds since this is the first rain they have encountered in their short lives.
I decided to […]
Posted in Our Animals, Ducks, Chikkers, Our Farm House on Jul 2nd, 2007
I’m a little late in my blog reading, but the other day Karl over at the Pile of Omelays suggested an animal roll call- so I thought I would join in the fun.
2 Dogs- Harley Rose & Dottie (that’s her with the cool necklace on- she has really bad allergies that make her skin crawl- to the […]
Posted in The Garden, Minnesota Weather on Jul 2nd, 2007
Today I picked a bunch of arugula- pulled out everything that had gone to seed and replanted it with basil. I ended up with 10 good sized jars of pesto. My basil that I had started is really slow this year since we have had no rain to speak of. This spring I had dreams […]