. . . ’cause I’ve been neglecting this blog, lol. But first, a quote I liked: “For the birds there is not a time that they tell, but the point vierge between darkness and light, between nonbeing and being. You can tell yourself the time by their waking, if you are experienced. But that is [...]
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A quick update
Posted in Books, Chickens, Farming, tagged Books, Chickens, medieval, monasticism, pigs, winter on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After the Flood…
Posted in Chickens, Farming, Gardening, tagged Chickens, exhibition, Farming, Gardening, hand-mowing, pigs, scythes on September 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Anyone else looking forward to the new Margaret Atwood novel? Back to the world of Oryx and Crake, people!! Anywho, decided to write a brief update. The recent weather kind of trashed the veggie garden. We live on a floodplain, right next to the river, and while we benefit from the rich, beautiful soil, we [...]
This is Necessary
Posted in Farming, Gardening, Heathenry, Paganism, tagged animal sacrifice, Asatru, blót, death, Farming, Gardening, Heathenry, nature religion, Paganism, sacrifice on July 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Does anyone remember Tool’s song Disgustipated? ‘Cause the “chorus” is stuck in my head today. Anyway. Today I was thinking of a discussion I had on a pagan forum years ago, where someone had posted that they could no longer weed their garden because they felt so sorry for the plants they were uprooting. My [...]
Porky and Hammie
Posted in Farming, tagged Farming, pig keeping, pig photo, pigs, spider pig, swine, weaner pigs on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The pigs arrived last Wednesday. We picked them up at the feedstore and brought them home in a plastic tub in our van. I made up a stall for them to live in, with clean straw to sleep on, but they immediately rooted up most of it. They’ve left a small corner clean to sleep [...]
Pigs, Perhaps…
Posted in Farming, tagged Farming, grass-fed pork, Heritage Breeds, pasture, pig keeping, pigs, swine on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously considering buying a couple pigs to raise over the summer. Thing is, I’d like a heritage breed, and they are much more expensive than your average commercial hybrid pig. Which is entirely understandable; it takes time and money to find heritage breed stock, and you don’t want to sell it for less than it’s [...]
Rain
Posted in Books, Chickens, Farming, Nature, tagged Animal Behaviour, Books, Cats, chicken feed, Chickens, country living, floods, Nature, organics, rivers on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can hear the river from inside my house; my lawn and garden were temporarily a lake earlier this morning. In the river’s middle current there are waves four-feet high. It’s kind of exciting, living on a flood plain. You’re always slightly paranoid, making offerings to the river gods, thankful for the nutrient-rich silt and [...]
Random Thoughts
Posted in Books, Chickens, Farming, Gardening, Heathenry, tagged Asatru, Books, Chickens, Farming, fiction, Gardening, Heathenry on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Haha I’m 22 today. Kinda weird. Anywho… Just finished reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear. Both are freaking awesome; I highly recommend them. Especially Wolves. Read it in a couple hours ’cause I couldn’t possibly do anything else. I loved the [...]
New Seeds
Posted in Farming, Gardening, tagged Farming, Gardening, organics, seeds, vegetables on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The ACORN Organic conference was interesting. I only went to the trade show and seed exchange, which were free. Next year I’ll have to join and actually get to attend some workshops. I did manage to renew our subscription to Rural Delivery, however. I bought some seeds for this spring’s garden (if spring ever comes). [...]
Chicken Cat
Posted in Chickens, Farming, tagged Animal Behaviour, Cats, Chickens, Farming, Heritage Breeds on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new cat appeared under the henhouse last month. The rooster was so disturbed by this development that he moved all the hens to the woodshed for the night. I hate to question his judgment, but surely a cat that’s one fourth of his size is less of a threat than the raccoons that have access [...]
It’s kinda chilly…
Posted in Chickens, Farming, Nature, tagged Chickens, Farming, Heritage Breeds, Nature, weather on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Figured I should get started on this blog someday… It’s -20 degrees Celsius this morning, so I’ve been tending to the wood stove faithfully. I went out to let out the chickens, who just gave me a dirty look and refused to leave their house. I don’t blame them. Quite frankly, I don’t know how [...]
