Category Archives: animals

Surprise!

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Katy Vigil

It's tran­si­tion time in the pas­ture.  All of the sheep are wean­ing their lambs and try­ing to put weight back on — all except one.  One sheep had become seri­ously obese. We'd been scratch­ing our heads try­ing to fig­ure out how she got … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Meat like it should be

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Katy Vigil

Mark Bittman is on tour in Iowa, which makes him sound like a rock­star, which to folks who like How to Cook Every­thing, he prob­a­bly is.  Here is is his blog (you can click for­wards and back­wards through the posts).  In … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Something Special, Baby

Posted on May 16, 2011 by evan
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Lambaturity

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Katy Vigil

So, the lambs are grow­ing fast now…and, being mostly weaned, they get their food from grass. Which means they eat all day, just like their moms. The glory days of lamb cavort­ing are behind us now…and the seri­ous busi­ness of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Hummingbirds

Posted on May 1, 2011 by evan

    Despite the fact that one could buy a hum­ming­bird feeder and attract them quite eas­ily where I grew up, there is a part of my brain that ascribes to the hum­ming­bird the rar­ity of the uni­corn. I can't help but be cheered … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Sheep Faces

Posted on May 1, 2011 by evan

We thought that you might like some, too.

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1 Free Pass

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Katy Vigil

We had planned to spend the after­noon installing land­scape fab­ric on the hoop­house floor, in prepa­ra­tion for our inspec­tion this week, but then found out that the state doesn't care what we put there, as long as the plants are … Con­tinue read­ing →

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