Animals
After a year and a half of watching our grape vines slowly grow as tall as their arbor we have enough grapes to harvest a quart container.
They smell and taste luscious...just like Grape jelly...only fresher!
They are organic and so full of antioxidants....yummy!
- Sammy Wants To Play
Grape picking and jam-making was at the top of the list foryesterday's farm chores. This year the grapes are plumper than they have ever been. And the vines are loaded! I put the first batch of grapes through the juicer leaving the skins and seeds...
- Of Grapes And Wine And Doing It Right
Is there anything more cheerful than a giant sunflower?? How about one with a bumblebee happily gathering nectar and pollen... These sunny faced giants are taller than me and stand around the circumferenceof the garden.I planted them to attract any...
- Summer's Long Goodbye
As I write this post, it is amazingly cool outside.The tree swallows have begun to flock on the power lines.More and more leaves are on the ground. And morning dew settles peacefully on freshly spun spider webs...all signs that Summer is starting to...
- Cat Naps
Ever wonder where the phrase "cat nap" came from? All you would have to do is to watch my barn kittiesand you would know how that phrase came to be! I spent yesterday morning watering.You see, we are going to Chicago for the rest of the week,and I wanted...
- Tom Tom, Farm Manager
Each morning, when I arrive at the barn, Tom Tom is waiting for me and leads me into the barn...a reminder that hungry kitties are waiting. He quickly gulps down his breakfast (spoiled barn kitties get canned food twice a day and unlimited dry food available....amazingly...
Animals
Our First Grape Harvest
After a year and a half of watching our grape vines slowly grow as tall as their arbor we have enough grapes to harvest a quart container.They smell and taste luscious...just like Grape jelly...only fresher!
They are organic and so full of antioxidants....yummy!
- Sammy Wants To Play
Grape picking and jam-making was at the top of the list foryesterday's farm chores. This year the grapes are plumper than they have ever been. And the vines are loaded! I put the first batch of grapes through the juicer leaving the skins and seeds...
- Of Grapes And Wine And Doing It Right
Is there anything more cheerful than a giant sunflower?? How about one with a bumblebee happily gathering nectar and pollen... These sunny faced giants are taller than me and stand around the circumferenceof the garden.I planted them to attract any...
- Summer's Long Goodbye
As I write this post, it is amazingly cool outside.The tree swallows have begun to flock on the power lines.More and more leaves are on the ground. And morning dew settles peacefully on freshly spun spider webs...all signs that Summer is starting to...
- Cat Naps
Ever wonder where the phrase "cat nap" came from? All you would have to do is to watch my barn kittiesand you would know how that phrase came to be! I spent yesterday morning watering.You see, we are going to Chicago for the rest of the week,and I wanted...
- Tom Tom, Farm Manager
Each morning, when I arrive at the barn, Tom Tom is waiting for me and leads me into the barn...a reminder that hungry kitties are waiting. He quickly gulps down his breakfast (spoiled barn kitties get canned food twice a day and unlimited dry food available....amazingly...