Food on Fridays: Zucchini Recipes

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to research plantains or papayas, that’s great. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. [Read more...]

Weeds Mean Work

Dad's dream fence

My parents purchased their farm in the mid-1970s from Mr. Hayden, one of those wiry old farmers who was fully dressed at the crack of dawn, hoeing the garden, gathering eggs, scooping grain into the manger for the cows, and checking the fences.

Fences need to be checked regularly to be sure they are intact. Like so many things in life, fencing can be broken, sagging, snapped or otherwise compromised. If you don’t want your animals to escape, you check your fences. [Read more...]