I had hoped to talk about getting ready to take animals to market. Or the fun of trying to separate a bunch of very horny bucklings out from our girls. Or we could have discussed potentially taking on a small herd of wool/meat sheep mixes for an old friend from Baltimore. But instead, I have to talk about what happened last week in my country, the fall out, the horribleness
INGREDIENTS 5 pounds of small red or blue/purple potatoes 8 oz fresh green chiles, roasted and peeled or 2 x 4 oz cans whole chiles (pick your heat) 1 tsp sugar 1/4 cup cider vinegar (or other fruit flavored vinegar) generous 1/4 cup high quality extra virgin olive oil 2 tsp of salt (and then to taste) 1 heaping tsp coarse grind black pepper 2 large chopped onions, should be at least 1 cup or more (I prefer
Like every Sunday there are always things that need to get done on the farm. Today was harvesting and preparations for the winter. Winter? Seriously? Fall hasn’t even officially started yet! True, however, when you start to prepare your beds for the next season, it is started around this time of year. We harvested white and purple sweet potatoes today. We have been using grow bags for a few years
Today is our Labor Day edition of our blog. And a very busy last two weeks or so it has been. We have had 44 visitors to Farscape Farm these past 12 days. Our good friends the Eastman’s who came to visit from Israel with their oldest Josh, his wife and their children. Avi and Ruth have four boys. All have been deployed as members of the IDF the latter
Some time ago a wrote a post about a stinky day. That is the day that we muck stalls. About the only day that qualifies in that category is the messy day of cleaning out the pit barbeque. You can’t really do it after you’ve spent all day cooking. First of all, the pit is too hot. Secondly, the grease in the bottom of the pit is liquid. You have
By Pops Well, we have hit the dog days of summer. It’s hot. It’s humid. You’ve got to get the chores done early and make sure to keep up on hydration for yourself and watering for the garden. That is the bad news. The good news is that the garden is producing at a break neck speed. Tomatoes are in and in a big way. We are harvesting our favorite
