Archive for March, 2010

 The Natural Compost Cycle on the Farm

I get so amused by some of the “green” experts I see on TV…..especially the ones that hail from “green” areas such as New York City. Now, I’m not saying that a city-dweller can’t have strong feelings about ecology, but it must be difficult to practice being “green” when the only bit of nature you [...]



 Our Diet & Garden

One of the problems in America (according to a program that I saw the other day) is the overabundance of processed food.
I know that since I’ve started avoiding sugar (corn syrup, honey, etc.), I’ve discovered that there’s sugar in all kinds of foods that don’t need sugar. All this sugar is for is to [...]



 Spring has Sprung

Well, spring has sprung around here, although the weather’s been very strange. Last Sunday it snowed all day, although after mid-morning it didn’t accumulate. The week before, it hailed. I estimate that that severe hailstorm cost about $1,000 a minute.
Other than that, we’re busy doing the normal farm chores. I sheared all but [...]



 Wanted: Someone to Scoop Goat Poop

I was reading an article on Yahoo this morning about people who go to technical school, get mired in debt, and then graduate only to make minimum wage or a little higher.
I pay better than that for someone to clean out the goat barn…it’s contract labor, but I pay better. And I [...]