I'm always on the lookout for things that are high in fiber, low in sugar and fats. I like granola, but most of the ones I find in the store are too full of sugar and oil, and don't contain as much fiber as I want. I've been trying to fin ...
Tim has begun to work on our greenhouse, which we will use for growing a few things in late fall/early winter, and then in late winter/early spring. We'll also use it for hardening off seedlings before planting them outside. It faces the ...
Welsh Harlequin Drake, 17 weeks oldThe ducks are now 17 weeks old. They are now looking like adults, with the most obvious difference being the Welsh Harlequin drake, with his pretty green head and black butt and curly tail. He's quite ha ...
I've been way too busy to write about what I'm doing. I've picked and preserved almost 300 lbs of tomatoes. I've canned diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, marinara, mexican sauce, salsa, bbq sauce, ketchup, tomato chutney, taco sauce, tomato b ...
Friday night we had our first duck dinner. We marinated it and grilled it. It was pretty good. We each had a breast and felt it was plenty. The next day we each finished off a thigh/leg piece. I'm still not sure it's worth all ...
Here are the remainder of our flock, six happy ducks. I'm not sure if they miss their friends, or wonder where they went. This morning they were reluctant to come out of the house, then when I tried to walk them out to the big yard they d ...
Today was Drake Day. Tim and a friend butchered four of the drakes. I wasn't watching, so will spare the details unless Tim wants to add a post on that. All went well for a first time. Probably we will try one of them for dinn ...
As I mentioned in the August 1 post, we’ve been planning to butcher the drakes and are making plans to do so this tomorrow. Tim has a friend who is a hunter, who will come help Tim learn to skin and clean the ducks. It’s time to decide wh ...
Hornworms I found a hornworm looking thing wandering across the concrete, and thought, "Oh, no!" I looked around on the tomato plants and didn't see more worms or any obvious damage, so I was puzzled. I expected to find some tomato p ...
The latest morning routine is to come out of the house with wings flapping. I don't know if it's just to stretch and enjoy the fresh air, or to say "good morning" to the day, or to say "I want food." It's cute. See the video.