Catherine Friend's Blog, page 14
February 14, 2010
I Make The ListI just learned that some guy in Gouverneur...
I Make The List
I just learned that some guy in Gouverneur, NY made a list of 30 outstanding farm blogs for the Gouverneur Times. Hey. That's cool. Here's what he had to say: "She writes, she farms, and writes about farming everything that goes wrong and some things that go right. This blogger is an inkslinger (a gunslinger with a pen instead of a gun). Her articles are vivid and you can absolutely picture everything she is talking about. This is one farm blog that you will want to follow."
I just learned that some guy in Gouverneur, NY made a list of 30 outstanding farm blogs for the Gouverneur Times. Hey. That's cool. Here's what he had to say: "She writes, she farms, and writes about farming everything that goes wrong and some things that go right. This blogger is an inkslinger (a gunslinger with a pen instead of a gun). Her articles are vivid and you can absolutely picture everything she is talking about. This is one farm blog that you will want to follow."
January 22, 2010
Ahh, WinterWe have a nice layer of ice over everything, a...
Ahh, Winter
We have a nice layer of ice over everything, and more ice is coming this weekend.
A coating of ice on the snow and trees is lovely. It sparkles in the sun. A coating of ice on the ground where one walks is not so lovely. I did chores this afternoon, so over my boots I pulled on the clever footwear that helps you stand upright on ice. (Can't remember the name...YakTrak? BakTrak? YakBak?) They are made of rubber strips covered with coils of metal, and work okay.
Somewhere in this...
We have a nice layer of ice over everything, and more ice is coming this weekend.
A coating of ice on the snow and trees is lovely. It sparkles in the sun. A coating of ice on the ground where one walks is not so lovely. I did chores this afternoon, so over my boots I pulled on the clever footwear that helps you stand upright on ice. (Can't remember the name...YakTrak? BakTrak? YakBak?) They are made of rubber strips covered with coils of metal, and work okay.
Somewhere in this...
January 6, 2010
Snow, Bad Sheep, and the Loch Ness LlamaThis winter we se...
Snow, Bad Sheep, and the Loch Ness Llama
This winter we set up a long row of six big round bales, surrounded them with feeder panels, and let the sheep and llamas have at it. It's close enough to the house that I can look out the dining room window and see everything, which I enjoy.
The llamas liked to eat on the far side. Zipper, the dark brown llama, would appear and disappear, looking a great deal like the Loch Ness Monster.
Now you see him...
Now you don't...
And here he is again, coming up...
This winter we set up a long row of six big round bales, surrounded them with feeder panels, and let the sheep and llamas have at it. It's close enough to the house that I can look out the dining room window and see everything, which I enjoy.
The llamas liked to eat on the far side. Zipper, the dark brown llama, would appear and disappear, looking a great deal like the Loch Ness Monster.
Now you see him...
Now you don't...
And here he is again, coming up...
December 18, 2009
Treat Yourself to Yarn!I hope everyone had a great holida...
Treat Yourself to Yarn!
I hope everyone had a great holiday. If you didn't get what you wanted for Christmas, here's your chance. Rising Moon Farm now has yarn for sale.
So here's the yarn's story: The sheep were sheared during a lovely late March party. It's cold here, so if you're going to be outside, you've got to turn it into a party.
Then the fleece hopped a ride with my aunt and uncle back to Broadus, Montana, where a relative who owns the Big Sky Quality woolen mill cleaned, carded, and...
I hope everyone had a great holiday. If you didn't get what you wanted for Christmas, here's your chance. Rising Moon Farm now has yarn for sale.
So here's the yarn's story: The sheep were sheared during a lovely late March party. It's cold here, so if you're going to be outside, you've got to turn it into a party.
Then the fleece hopped a ride with my aunt and uncle back to Broadus, Montana, where a relative who owns the Big Sky Quality woolen mill cleaned, carded, and...
