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The Seeds of a New Generation – New York Times Article.
Here is an excellent article from the New York Times, discussing watershed changes in the farming community. http://nyti.ms/1ipXcEV Tagged: corn, CSA, farming, local food, subsidies, vegetables
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Chicks
Chicks are so cool. They are eating, pooping machines. They run around chirping up a storm in their plastic tub, then fall down asleep, flopped into all kinds of ridiculous positions, as if they...
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Chicks Too.
Tracking the progress of the chickies. At two weeks old the chicks already have wing feathers, and are learning to use them by fluttering up and perching on the edges of their universe – two big...
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Quotable Sunday.
“And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more...
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One Year Gone.
Exactly one year ago today, in the cool stillness of a pre-dawn summer’s morning, I drove my youngest son to the US Marine Recruiting Station Bloomingdale. We parked in front of the building,...
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Chicks Three. Chicks No More.
Hen. Buff Orpington. (and yours truly) It’s been a long while since a chicken update – long enough, in fact, for my flock to grow to 35, and for one of them to be snatched up by a fox. The quick story...
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Quotable Sunday.
The river with its mask of trees cut a twisting path down through the valley. Two miles away he could see, beside a gigantic lonely oak, the white speck of his tent pitched and left while he went to...
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Requiem For An Ice Cream Parlor.
I learned today that the Friendly’s ice cream shop, in the town where I grew up, has closed for ever. I know it sounds insignificant — just another business falling to tough times etc., but Friendly’s...
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(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: New Soap Packaging
Just “getting on my soap box.” New spiffy boutique packaging for the Lee’s Bees honey soap.
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Processing Beeswax – A Pictorial Guide
Wax cappings are saved into a plastic pail. If you are not going to process wax right away, freeze it to prevent wax moths. (c) 2018 Silver Spring Farm, LLC. All rights reserved. Step 1: In a dishpan...
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