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Beyond: buzz buzz
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Wednesday, 11 June 2014. Busy days at the farm. Field garden #1 mostly planted, seedlings poking up and transplants settling in. Field garden #2 (I know, not very original) has its rows of potatoes planted and shoots now visible, and this morning I added some corn and more squash ahead of an expected heavy rainfall. Chicks, all 77 birds, are growing and two weeks from slaughter date; hens laying well. Please don't sting me.
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Beyond: February 2014
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Friday, 14 February 2014. Daring kitchen, february. This month's challenge made my kitchen burst into song. Literally. Spanakopita. When D or the girls asked what I was making and this was my answer, I either got the word put into The Lion King. S "Hakuna Matata" or Iron Butterfly's "In A Gadda Da Vita". Which made for a loud, but fun, cooking experience. Then, another funny step - squeezing handfuls of the mixture to get out ...
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Beyond: May 2013
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Wednesday, 15 May 2013. Daring cooks, may. Time to wrap stuff up and bake it! Okay, it was a little more involved than that. And yummy, too. Our lovely Monkey Queen of Don’t Make Me Call My Flying Monkeys, was our May Daring Cooks’ hostess and she challenged us to dive into the world of en Croute! We were encouraged to make Beef. Duxelles, take two. The beef for the Wellington is seared on each side, and the meat is left rare&...
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Beyond: June 2013
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Monday, 24 June 2013. By way of update, the farm continues to amaze, inspire, and exhaust us. This year's plans involved one thing that is really many things: expansion. I'm happy that this place can not only nurture us, but our friends and people we haven't yet met with a peaceful place and wholesome food. I'm glad I get to share it with the most important people in the world: my family and friends. Link to this post.
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Beyond: daring kitchen, february
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Friday, 14 February 2014. Daring kitchen, february. This month's challenge made my kitchen burst into song. Literally. Spanakopita. When D or the girls asked what I was making and this was my answer, I either got the word put into The Lion King. S "Hakuna Matata" or Iron Butterfly's "In A Gadda Da Vita". Which made for a loud, but fun, cooking experience. Then, another funny step - squeezing handfuls of the mixture to get out ...
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Beyond: August 2013
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Wednesday, 21 August 2013. Serendipity is sour but tasty. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. The farm has been busy, birds (136 in all, right now) growing and laying eggs and all that sort of thing. The summer has been such a contrast to last year's drought, and the garden with almost no help from me is lush and productive. Which includes the weeds, but that's part of the job. I picked them by the handful...
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Beyond: January 2014
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Wednesday, 15 January 2014. 30 days, a few more days. It's been a week since the last post, but I haven't been inactive - I promise! Day 9 involved cutting the goal down to make it more manageable. But I was on track so while I could see the merit in it (really, in the flush of the new year, who hasn't set an unrealistic goal and then tanked on it later? I didn't cut back on my goal. I was feeling overwhelmed, then. Day 13: re...
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Beyond: look down
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Wednesday, 14 May 2014. Looking down is usually associated with submission, with buckling under, caving in, and giving up. We're encouraged to look up, look around, look at, look in the eye, be alert. I usually try to do that on the farm, checking on things and looking for critters. Today, though, I chose to look down. And what treasures I found. OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY WALK TIME. Even this flower was looking down. I looked up wh...
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Beyond: September 2013
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Monday, 30 September 2013. Miscellany: duck breast prosciutto. In a word: yum. I love prosciutto. So when I happened across a recipe for duck breast prosciutto in a magazine, and - hey! We had ducks aplenty, I decided it had to be tried. And I am so, so glad I did. It's ridiculously simple, only requiring two things I often lack: patience, and space in the fridge. I said ridiculously simple. Burying the duck in salt. Then each...
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Beyond: May 2014
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I hope I never lose my sense of wonder. If that makes me naive, then so be it. Wednesday, 14 May 2014. Looking down is usually associated with submission, with buckling under, caving in, and giving up. We're encouraged to look up, look around, look at, look in the eye, be alert. I usually try to do that on the farm, checking on things and looking for critters. Today, though, I chose to look down. And what treasures I found. OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY WALK TIME. Even this flower was looking down. I looked up wh...
