“You know your life is complete when your wife gets you pigs for Christmas,” JR announced to my great-uncle during a visit to our house this past weekend. After he made this bold statement, we proudly toured my great-uncle around showing him the temporary fence that would guide the pigs from their winter home in… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Farm Life
Stupidity in the Garden
Normally, I like to think that we have tranquility in the garden, though this is simply a case of choosing what memories one wants to have. There are rabbits who have outsmarted us, chewing through the ostensibly rabbit-excluding fence that lines the bottom of the more decorative split-rail. Once the adorable little crop-decimators are spotted… Continue Reading
Latest Obsession: Ticks, and the Destruction Thereof
The garden is a lovely place to relax, do a little bit of weeding, and find 3 ticks per half-hour walking up your legs. They are also partial to setting up camp on this orange watering can, which is handy, for they are easily drowned once there. Yep. Ticks. And the destruction thereof. They (and… Continue Reading
Farm Dwellers
I’ll be in NYC for a few days, having a grand time at the International Association of Culinary Professionals annual conference, I’m sure, but I’ll be missing these creatures and things at the farm (I get to speak to JR, so I’ll miss him, but it’s not like we won’t have any contact while I’m away. So… Continue Reading
Spotty Pigs
After threatening to start a farmette last year, with best, yet insufficiently serious intentions, this winter, we were finally able to locate pigs to add to our otherwise avian (and canine – let’s not forget canine) menagerie. But not just any pigs, mind you. Given my preoccupation with obscure winter squash, and our love of… Continue Reading