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Post by bunkie on Sept 28, 2014 17:47:47 GMT -5
Things have finally calmed down here, and we are still harvesting out of the gardens and it's almost the end of September...a wicked year! MMMM...we're picking plums and pears now....baked a Plum Cake in the solar oven...   |
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Post by flowerweaver on Sept 28, 2014 18:01:28 GMT -5
That looks delish! Is it similar to placek, the Polish plum cake?
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Post by bunkie on Dec 4, 2014 11:40:59 GMT -5
Not sure fw. It was a recipe posted by matron of husbandry on Trapper Creek!
The Polar Vortex has us in its grasp the last few weeks. Unbelievable cold and not a snowflake in sight...warm temps and rain coming in this weekend...ahhh, a thaw very much appreciated even if it's in December!
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Post by billw on Dec 4, 2014 12:20:43 GMT -5
I really love ducks! It got down to 25 degrees here this week. When I would go out in the morning to break the ice on the duck pond, they would all jump in and have a party. Hardy critters.
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Post by bunkie on Dec 31, 2014 12:33:17 GMT -5
Happy New Year's Eve all...watch out for the pink elephants tonight...(some of you may remember this one from many many many many moons ago!)...   |
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Post by bunkie on Jan 14, 2015 11:43:40 GMT -5
Any haystack in a storm...  |
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Post by bunkie on Feb 22, 2015 15:23:39 GMT -5
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Post by bunkie on Mar 1, 2015 12:32:56 GMT -5
The ducks are getting pretty good at walking on water...er...ice! It's 18F here this morning and no snow in site...strange winter here, indeed!   |
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Post by bunkie on Apr 18, 2015 13:00:57 GMT -5
Look what showed up at the farm April 4th! Some Khaki Campbell ducklings and a pair of French Toulouse goslings!!! (We've never had geese before....they look like a little Big Bird!) We lost one girl in the travels, but every one else is eating, sleeping and kicking! So far their most favorite thing to do is stand in the bowl of scrambled eggs and soaked oatmeal!  The 'kidz' are no longer sitting on their scrambles eggs...they've learned it's more fun to fling them all over the walls and each other!  The geese and ducks' first swim...we were changing cages and figured since this one was dirty, we might as well let them check out a dish of water. The geese, as usual, were curious, but the duck, the runt of the litter, went right in! One goose eventually fell in! We ended up blow drying them afterwards...talk about fluffy birds!!!  ) And, Sammy finally discovers the baby ducks and geese...   Every morning we see these two heads pop up over the splash guard in their pen demanding breakfast...the geese...the ducklings are just too short!  After their soaked oatmeal this morning, (check out the walls), a goose got curious...first time here with goslings and we're finding them a riot. Really intelligent kidz, growing really fast just like Wendy said they would! They're getting along famously with the ducklings! They don't look like Big Bird anymore, but like Dinosoars!!!  We're experimenting and feeding them oatmeal, squash, potatoes, ferments, etc... so they won't be fussy like our older kidz. Hopefully they'll teach the elders to eat the other (good) stuff, too! Live and learn! |
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 18, 2015 13:30:15 GMT -5
Aw, they look so cute Bunkie! I'm feeling the need to break out the incubator and hatch a few peeps.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 19, 2015 15:38:18 GMT -5
Bunkie, how fun!
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Post by bunkie on Sept 9, 2015 10:41:23 GMT -5
Catching up here....have had a wicked fire season to the close northeast of us. Like last year but worse and no evac notices. They have it 90 percent contained today. The winds protected our area. We had 90 degree temps and smoke so thick you couldn't see across the field. Had some nice rain finally and cool temps, tho warming up this week. The garden's doing well even with the smokey air! A couple of pics... Ronde de nice, got a wheelbarrow or two full now...  toms finally ripening...  purple green beans by the load ...  turkey family visiting again...  kidz getting big...  |
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Post by bunkie on Oct 12, 2018 12:04:50 GMT -5
Goodness gracious, it's been a long time since I've posted. I've missed you all terribly. My Ed passed away a year ago last August. He was very sick with cancer. It's been a rough year and I kinda lost my will to do anything, but, with friends, I got a vineyard of 400 vines started, and grew four piggies, all a first for The Funny Farm. Also got two bee hives, another new project. Here's a story covering a bit of my experiences...and pics will come soon. Hope all is good with you and yours! I'm so looking forward to next year's gardens and projects!
ONCE UPON A TIME, the farm gal lost her farmer to cancer. Today is her first year anniversary of his death, August 14th, 2018. She misses him very much, but something happened four weeks ago that was very special, and she does believe her passed farmer had a hand in this special event. Her passed farmer had told her before he departed that she needed someone with 'life' in them to help her with the farm. The farm gal dedicates this story to her loving departed farmer.
Four weeks ago she was on a forum for farmers, just testing the waters. When one gets lonely missing a loved one, one does such things. She had never done this type of thing before. A fellow on the same forum wrote her and told her that it looked like the two of them were on similar paths. He had lost his wife to cancer in March this year and was trying to get his farm up and running again, as was the farm gal who had lost her farmer and was working on getting her farm up and running again also. The farm gal read the email and looked at his picture and thought he was cute, and his demeanor pleasant, and he was easy on the eyes, too...and he had had a big dog like her Monty. So she wrote back and they continued writing for a week or so, and then started phoning one another. Their relationship grew quickly as they had so much in common. Their phone talks and writings filled their beings with companionship, love, kindred spirit, you name it, it supplied it all, the things their loved ones had left unventured when they had split the scene, so to speak. Their emptiness within was finally filled with pure love.
As for their departed spouses, their experiences were pretty close, so not much was needed to explain, as each one understood the experience of the other's situation, being like their own. Unless someone has been thru being a care giver of this sort, it is difficult to explain the circumstances. One has to live it to understand it, it's that concentrated. Both knew this and it made communication so much easier for them. They shared many a teary eyed moment discussing events of their loved ones...sharing is an incredible thing, especially when in such a vulnerable and vehement state.
After three weeks of phoning and emailing, they decided to meet at The Funny Farm. Talk about tension, questioning one's mind, thinking 'what the fuck am I doing', etc.... the farm gal thought it all. She called in her gal pals and they helped her ready the cabin a bit and clean out her fridge....it hadn't been cleaned since her farmer's passing. Quite a feat in itself!
Come to find out, their meeting was beyond grand. The farm guy on the premises was just as loving and kind as he was in his phone calls and emails. The farm gal and the farm guy fell in love ASAP! It was just like magic. He has plans to move his mini herd of Jersey cows to The Funny Farm and help the farm gal get the farm in order. They will be self sufficient and always help others. They are two of a same mind and closer than humans can be closest in this physical world.
A plus is that the farm gal's dogs love this farm guy. They had been acting out with tire biting and nipping people's heels since her farmer had departed. I guess they were missing a masculine presence on the farm and were so happy to have it back with this farm guy. Very little bad behavior is happening now, and they all love to cuddle with the farm guy and get loving pats from him. How simple a solution to a struggling ongoing problem, pure love.
And, pure love, the farm gal and her farm guy, and all the critters lived happily ever after on The Funny Farm...with no 'till tomorrows'.
The End.
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Post by walt on Oct 13, 2018 11:29:02 GMT -5
We're glad to have you back. I don't know if I was on yet last time you were here. Good story though. Except the cancer thing. Needs editing.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Oct 13, 2018 13:09:34 GMT -5
Yay! glad to have you back. That's a great story. Sounds like things are looking up.  |
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