we’re still rockin’ and rollin’

Never fear, we’re still alive and well over here.  The farm is drying up with a lack of significant rain fall since the end of May.  Our pastures have turned brown, and the only thing growing well are the weeds.  I’m glad we were able to cut enough hay the first go-around to get us [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the Library of Congress has uploaded to their Flickr account numerous photochroms of Ireland from the 1890s-1900s. The first picture is the LOC’s photochrom.  The second is from my second visit to Ireland.  The Cliffs of Moher is my absolute favorite place on earth.  I would have married there [...]

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Spotlight on Local Goat Dairies

Last week, a Charlottesville-area television station had a short segment on local goat dairies.  Included in the spotlight were Night Sky Farm of Brookneal, Caramont Farm of Esmont, Goats R Us of Blackstone, and Iron Rod Chevre of Earlysville.  You can view the clip on the Edible Blue Ridge website. *** It’s been a very [...]

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2009, a year in review

It’s hard to believe that we’re quickly approaching the end of 2009.  This year has been a series of ups, downs, and contentment.  I haven’t had a need to look forward to starting a new year, but neither do I lament the changes coming to our farm. In January, I wrote on my horse blog [...]

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The Goats’ 12 Days of Christmas

Dear Blog Readers, As a special treat, Sweet Roll and Donut have asked to wish you a Merry Christmas in their own special way.  I hope you enjoy On the first day of Christmas my owner gave to me a pile of old dried leaves! On the second day of Christmas my owner gave to [...]

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moon halo

No, this post is not devoted to a Beyonce song, but rather something I’ve never seen before – A Moon Halo A what? You might ask.  Me too.  I remember reading a book growing up, where a character comments on a ring around the moon.  To which another character replies “Ring around the moon, rain [...]

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Keeping it local this Thanksgiving

Last Saturday afternoon we piled into the car and headed to Gretna for a visit to Our Father’s Farm.  The farm, owned by the Fuhrmann family, is an 1800′s tobacco farm-turned family farm that raises cattle and poultry for meat, milk, and eggs.  We met the Fuhrmann’s a few months ago at the community market [...]

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Breaking out the sewing machine

I decided last year, a few weeks before Christmas, that I wanted to make our own tree skirt and stockings.  It’s a project that’s been sitting in the back of my head for a while now.  Since it has been raining cats and dogs today — we’ve received nearly 5 inches of rain the past [...]

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Contentment

At what age did I start to think that where I was going was more important than where I already was?  When was it that I began to believe that the most important thing about what I was doing was getting it over with?  Knowing how to live is not something we have to teach [...]

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No Impact Week, Day 4, Food

Wednesday is Day Four of the No Impact Week, with a focus on food – mainly, eating locally and eating wisely. I started off the day with eggs for breakfast – eggs that the chickens laid not 100 feet from the front door.  Thanks, girls, they’re delicious!  I proceeded to have lunch at the Wednesday [...]

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