Spring time at Roberts Roost

My turn to detail a “typical” day at our farm. Spring time is a time of great change here. Life moves from the steady grinding pace of the winter marathon to the full out sprint of the spring time decathlon. The pace of everything picks up and the number of projects needing to be attended [...]

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Picking up Pigs—as told by a part time farmer

Want to hear a story? O.k…..2 want to be farmers ask 2 part time farmers if they will drive them to pick up their new pigs. The 2 want to be farmers don’t have a truck or a trailer and they need to borrow the 2 part time farmers small trailer (and in this case [...]

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Making a Garden Apron

When I’m in the garden, I’m always carrying stuff around with me: seeds, tools, camera, etc.  I’ve found that this simple garden apron gives me a few extra pockets and is more comfortable than stuffing my skirt or pants pockets with the same items. For an adult sized apron, you need two pieces of fabric [...]

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The inadvertent farmer

Introduction to the Kim the inadvertent farmer…living life on a small farm raising organic fruits, veggies, critters, and kids! Gardening in Western Washington state raising 5 kids, homeschooling, baking, canning, battling slugs and living with a camel!

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not dabbling in typical

 For my post on a typical spring day, I decided to keep a diary for one day.  Most of my chores are the same every day during the winter and late spring and any extra projects that get done are weather dependent.  Meaning do I want to work outside or inside?  Or in other words [...]

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a typical spring day…with pictures!

i have 4 children, 2 are from a previous marriage and attend the local schools. greg gets them up around 5 to get the animals fed and watered. on days when they are not here, he takes care of the animals before heading off to work. after nursing my 2 year old back to sleep, [...]

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Home made udder salve—or a great herbal hand cream.

Today I am guest posting for Robbyn. She is having unfortunate computer issues but hopefully will be back next week at her “normal” time. Since I began gardening I have been interested in herbs and uncommon edible things to grow in my garden. My first garden was in the Dallas/Ft Worth (Texas) metroplex which is [...]

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The taste of place

The Essence of Canada Well, it wasn’t exactly cost-effective, but we did taste the terroir of our own birch/maple syrup for the first time yesterday. Yes, that word ‘terroir’ extends beyond wine to other earthy products, because syrups do have local flavours, too. Most people think of maple sugar production as quintessentially Canadian, and located [...]

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My typically typical Spring day

This is part of a series we decided as a group to do. I understand a number of readers where interested in how we all spend our days. I start out my morning at about 7 everyday. I rise, like clockwork (and without one) to say goodbye to my son as he goes off to [...]

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Kathie’s Spring Days

Over the course of the next few weeks each of us will be sharing what a “typical” day in spring is like for us. A typical week-day for me always starts at 4:30 AM when the alarm goes off.  I get up, make coffee, and head out the door by 4:50 to hit the gym [...]

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