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I get by with a little help from my friends
Now that we’ve “bought the farm,” it’s time to see what we’ve signed up for. There is a pretty big list of fixit items, including things like thinning downed timber and re-gravelling the driveway. That’s actually a bigger deal than … Continue reading
Wassail!
Twelfth night has come and gone- you know, that post Christmas revel that celebrates the Epiphany? Well, there is a great ancient tradition that goes along with that, called “wassailing.” The idea is that you prepare a tasty beverage of … Continue reading
Property!
Well, I’ll open with an apology. It’s been a zillion years since we’ve posted, and I’m sorry. Now the excuse. I didn’t want to mention it earlier, but for the past few months we’ve been working on buying property. There … Continue reading
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2012 harvest statistics
I’ve finally had a chance to compile this year’s harvest statistics. It gives an interesting, quantitative perspective on what we did in 2012. I won’t bore you with all the details, I’ll just give you the highlights, much like the … Continue reading
Google Earth rules
While I was working on my other job, I was looking up a client’s property on Google Earth, and noticed that it showed some VERY recent changes he’d made with a bulldozer. Excited, I zoomed over to the farm to … Continue reading
Blueberry Pancakes
Blueberry Pancakes 2c flour 4tsp baking powder 1tsp salt 1/2tsp cinnamon 1/4tsp ground nutmeg 1-1/2c milk 2 eggs 4TB melted butter 2TB honey 1 or 2 c blueberries Mix the wet and dry ingredients separately, then fold the dry ingredients … Continue reading
Recipes?
One of this things I had imagined to do with this blog when I originally started it was to post recipes. Yeah, yeah, I know- there are a million recipes on the internet, and I’m not even that much into … Continue reading
What’s next?
Now that the winter has come and the rains have finally set in, it’s time to do two things: A: Chill out and take a wee break B: Perform statistical analysis of past income and production performance. The chill out … Continue reading
Emily’s last stand
The end of the farming season has arrived. Or, more precisely, the end of the farmers’ market season. Here’s a picture of Emily at our stand in Tillamook. At both the Manzanita and Tillamook farmers’ markets, we had somewhat slow … Continue reading
Honey again
The big surprise of the week is the bees. A few weeks ago, they were looking a little sparse and lackluster, but now we’re buried in honey. It’s all due to the japanese knotweed, an invasive plant that has all … Continue reading