farm update, running update & egg whoppers

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Happy Spring to everyone.  It is so nice to see green poking out of the ground and to be outside in a t-shirt!  Eva loves to be outside and lately we go out and she plays while I turn my compost pile.  She loves to chase the ducks and chickens.  By the way I have [...]

deep snow on the farm

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Have I mentioned that I love where I live right now? I live in a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom cottage that is surrounded by a huge yard that has about 8 huge, old trees on it and then behind the house is 2 more acres with a barn. The driveway wraps around behind the house [...]

And then there was one or Mother nature’s a bitch

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

I have one chicken left. If you recall I started with six. The first death occurred about four days in when a stray cat ate the top half of one of the chicks. I went outside just in time to find the bottom half and the other five cowering in a group watching their friend [...]

Egoism At Its Finest

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

I was tagged and I can’t resist discussing myself. You should try it sometime. What is your current obsession? chickens What do you hate the most that everybody else seems to love? Coldplay (check out the old post about it) What are you wearing today? What’s for dinner? Homemade Salsa What would you eat for [...]

By The Way……

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

My armpits are still hairy. I haven’t showered in ages (Sunday night) but I had a wet wipe bath this morning. Now my legs are now hairy too. I haven’t been on time to work at all this week. I haven’t been training for the MARATHON I am running in October. I haven’t eaten breakfast [...]

Chickens and Bull Shit

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

I got some chickens. I am so urban chic……aren’t I? I actually don’t know what that means but it sounds cool so whatever. Here they are……. They are Silkies and will someday look like this… (photos by josh) If that is not urban chic than I don’t want any part of it. We have a [...]

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