Wednesday 10 February 2010
Anniversary
I just wanted to quickly acknowledge the 4 year anniversary of the Liberty Farm Blog, which began February 9, 2006. This is the 220th post.
Saturday 6 February 2010
February 6, 2010
I stepped out onto the porch to take a couple photos just now and found a few more on the camera that my daughter must have taken after the last time I posted pics on 12/31. See below.
It's pretty much impossible to know how much snow we got on account of the wind. In a few places I can see bare ground and in some places I walked though this morning to do chores it was well above my knees. We had to have gotten at least a foot. The wind is so strong that when I came out of the red barn after milking, the tracks I had made 20 minutes earlier were completely filled in. After my cheese is in the final press I plan to go out and plow/shovel. This is probably fruitless because the wind is supposed to blow 20 mph all day and 15 mph all night. I anticipate being snowed in tomorrow morning but we'll see.
This is me coming home from work the last time we had snow.
Here is the northwest corner of the red barn. The north facing corners of all our buildings are swept free like this with big drifts on either side.
Our house.
Porter House, the bull calf.
Warm & toasty!
It's pretty much impossible to know how much snow we got on account of the wind. In a few places I can see bare ground and in some places I walked though this morning to do chores it was well above my knees. We had to have gotten at least a foot. The wind is so strong that when I came out of the red barn after milking, the tracks I had made 20 minutes earlier were completely filled in. After my cheese is in the final press I plan to go out and plow/shovel. This is probably fruitless because the wind is supposed to blow 20 mph all day and 15 mph all night. I anticipate being snowed in tomorrow morning but we'll see.
This is me coming home from work the last time we had snow.
Here is the northwest corner of the red barn. The north facing corners of all our buildings are swept free like this with big drifts on either side.
Our house.
Porter House, the bull calf.
Warm & toasty!
Friday 5 February 2010
February 5, 2010
Whew! I just looked at the clock and realized we were 25 minutes into the Friday night cocktail hour. So here I type, in the beginning stages of a snow storm, martini safely in hand.
The forecast here is for 6-10 inches of snow with areas near a line from Mt. Gilead to Canton receiving a foot. If you draw a line on map from Mt. Gilead to Canton it would go very near my house. We're comfortable with the woodstove burning and the stock are all bedded down dry with plenty of hay. Jennifer went out today and rented Zombieland and from our local redbox so we've got entertainment, too.
I'm currently reading The School On Heart's Content Road by Carolyn Chute and highly recommend it. Having read all of Chute's previous books, though, I just know it's going to end badly. Not badly as in poor writing but badly as in no good for the characters. She's nothing if not a realist.
The forecast here is for 6-10 inches of snow with areas near a line from Mt. Gilead to Canton receiving a foot. If you draw a line on map from Mt. Gilead to Canton it would go very near my house. We're comfortable with the woodstove burning and the stock are all bedded down dry with plenty of hay. Jennifer went out today and rented Zombieland and from our local redbox so we've got entertainment, too.
I'm currently reading The School On Heart's Content Road by Carolyn Chute and highly recommend it. Having read all of Chute's previous books, though, I just know it's going to end badly. Not badly as in poor writing but badly as in no good for the characters. She's nothing if not a realist.
Monday 1 February 2010
February 1, 2010
As I briefly mentioned last weekend, I split some of the elm. Saturday night my upper back and shoulders hurt...bad. All I could think was, "I'm too old for this shit." Anyway, I talked to an old guy at Tractor Supply who told me his secret - use a 12# maul. I only had an eight-pounder and had to swing that thing like a uniformed fascist putting the beat-down on a protester. So I bought a twelve pound maul and plan to split a little more tomorrow evening before it gets dark. I'll report back on how it goes.
Speaking of getting dark in the evenings, we are really beginning to notice the lengthening days here just south of the 41st parallel. It's still light after I finish the chores on weeknights (5:45ish).
We'll be weaning PorterHouse this month and we're not sure what we'll do with all the extra milk. We already make about 3-6 pounds of cheese each week. I guess I'll be going on a dairy diet.
Speaking of getting dark in the evenings, we are really beginning to notice the lengthening days here just south of the 41st parallel. It's still light after I finish the chores on weeknights (5:45ish).
We'll be weaning PorterHouse this month and we're not sure what we'll do with all the extra milk. We already make about 3-6 pounds of cheese each week. I guess I'll be going on a dairy diet.
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