October 2023

  • From stable to table

    When we moved in, Billie and Beulah (the only herd members at the time) had a small wooden picnic table, which they aggressively loved until it fell apart. J found picnic table kits online, of a quality that can supposedly stand up to national park bears, and we built the goats a new nine-foot table. They’re obsessed with it as…

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  • Saucy (of the green variety)

    One of my favorite condiments for everything is green sauce. I’m going to pretend that’s why I planted four tomatillo plants (and not my ignorance that two probably would have provided enough fruits for my needs!). After a few weeks’ harvest, I husked the tomatillos while sitting on the porch and then turned them into a roasted, pureed green sauce.…

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  • Sleepy bee

    It was time to stop and smell the Cosmos, and apparently this pollinator friend thought so, too. Bees and butterflies are very drawn to Cosmos flowers during the flower season — Cosmos are one of the top pollen-producing flowers in this area. I love having these cheerful flowers on our property and getting to watch the pollinators benefit from them…

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About Me

If someone asks me how I am, I don’t have to say ‘living the dream’… I can say ‘cultivating the dream.’ It’s about now and the future. Every day I choose: "today, I will savor the now"; or, "today, I will work for tomorrow." This blog is about both of those choices and finding a balance between them. Read More

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