I couldn't help noticing the little ghost-looking clouds in the sky yesterday, probably because ghosts are on my mind a lot lately. Along with the cute little cheesecloth ghost I made recently, and the spooky chicken wire ghost girl I also made, we have more than a few pre-made Halloween ghosts here and there and …
I woke up and checked the local webcams and much to my delight I found that fall is really here and the colors are finally changing! At least up the road. It's still quite green down here in the valley. Seeing that made me want to jump in the truck and head up the mountain …
I couldn't think of a better title than that but it's quite fitting after all the work we did yesterday, including some more Halloween DIY (scroll down for that). We only got half of the chickens processed and bagged up for the freezer, mostly because we ran out of space to store them! So, like …
Today is the day when we finally began processing the meat birds. It's not my favorite homesteady thing to do because despite loving all things Halloween, I am actually pretty squeamish. Of course I don't mind handling the meat once it's all over... It's just the hacking off their heads and putting them into the …
It has been such a weird year. We should be well into sweater and warm boot season and past our harvest time but yesterday we were still out there digging up more potatoes and gathering ears of corn. We've been watching the forecast and letting the corn go as long as possible, which has paid …
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