Gosh, last February we spent every Sunday at Clackamas Community College attending a fruit tree pruning class. We already have about 25% of the fruit tree pruning done. A full month ahead of last year. We have had a few rain-free days and we all got involved in the fruit tree pruning. We are trying […]
Homemade Seed Starting Rack
It’s that time of year again. The time of year we gardeners love. Choosing the seeds you want to grow in this year’s garden. I am so excited because Michael’s latest project was building a homemade seed starting rack. Bryn, our neighbor in our previous house, gave us her seed starting grow rack years […]
Easy Homemade Chicken Run Door
Michael came up with an easy homemade chicken run door to solve our problem. “What problem?” you ask. Goats. Yes, they are often a problem. We just have to be smarter than them. Let me explain the situation. In the upper pasture, we have the barn, chicken coop/run, and various other things. We have a […]
Homemade Goat Milk Soap For Sale
We currently have our homemade goat milk soap for sale. We use our own goat milk from our herd of Nigerian Dwarf Goats. This breed of goats are famous for their high percentage of butter fat. Homemade soap has many benefits. The most talked about is that it doesn’t remove the moisturizing glycerin that naturally […]
Building a Goat Feeder
In case you didn’t know, Michael has a side job of building goat feeders and selling them. You may not have noticed, but we have a “For Sale” page on our blog. We sell milk, eggs and soap. One thing we have learned over the past year and a half is hay is expensive and […]
Super Nacho (Great for Super Bowl)
This Super Nacho makes a great appetizer or dinner. It makes a great addition to a Super Bowl party too. Years ago…..ok, DECADES ago, during the summer between high school and college I worked two jobs. During the week I worked at Nordstrom in the Brass Plum. On the weekends, I worked at a restaurant […]
Roaming Geese Return for Breakfast
With the typical winter rain we get here in Oregon, we have accepted that our lower pasture will flood each year, and stay flooded sometimes for weeks. Not a huge problem for us, and it brings in a lot of waterfowl to watch. It is also impressive how much water levels can rise and fall […]
Farm Fresh Eggs
Farm fresh eggs available for sale. Our chickens are free range and produce healthy orange colored yolks. Our chickens have really increased their production now that the days are getting longer. Our layers are a variety of Barred Rocks, Americaunas, Australorps Buff Orpingtons and Nuvogens. Free ranging during the day, they get a variety of […]
Welding Another Michael Project
I don’t think I have mentioned to you how Michael has been teaching himself welding. He is enjoying learning a new skill. Because he has so much free time. This trailer is one of his first projects with the ever improving welding skill. I don’t have any “before” pictures so I’ll have to try […]
Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy
Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy. Comfort food at its best. Let me introduce you to one of our favorite dinners: Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy. Years ago I had a hankering for Salisbury Steak. It must have been in college. They probably served Salisbury Steak at the commons. Then again, maybe I purchased frozen dinners from […]
The Dangers of Putting up Fencing
You remember in yesterday’s post that we had a slight mishap with a tree. Well, I didn’t show you all the pictures. I guess I thought I should prepare you first. This is what I didn’t show: And this: He is ok. No worse for the wear. Keep smiling, Karen
Family Fencing Project
♫ Here’s a story, of a family fencing project, with four people and a bunch of goats.♫ Michael has a dry erase board on which he writes his “to do” list. It is a very long list. Some are larger projects that we need to save money to complete, but they are there, on the […]