Posted in country living, enjoying life, farming, life in the country, random, tagged bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, chickens, country living, farm, farming, Iowa, life, personal, random, spirituality on November 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Have you ever eaten farm fresh eggs? I mean really fresh eggs- less than 24 hour old?
The yolk is firm – not runny like the ones you buy in the store, which typically are at least a week or two old by the time you get them. Fresh yolks are a bright orange. Fresh eggs [...]
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Posted in Iowa, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality, tagged bed and breakfast, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, personal, random, self sufficient on October 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a picture of me all decked out in my new green lederhosen visiting Oma and Opa on the farm.
I remember riding in the wooden corn wagon, hanging on for dear life .
Here’s a clip off utube that will give you a little idea:
Aunt Annie came for a visit from Germany. She wanted a picture of Doggie (me) [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, enjoying life, faith, life, personal, random, relationships, tagged bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, personal, random, relationships, spirituality on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
” When my friend and his wife were sailing in the Mediterranean , they found themselves being circled by 3 pirate boats- the pirates didn’t know who they were messing with. He had served in Viet Nam so when he outfitted his yacht, he had installed enough firepower to defend against this very thing…..he didn’t have to [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, faith, life, life in the country, personal, random, spirituality, tagged bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, chickens, country living, faith, farm, farmer's market, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, orchard, personal, spirituality on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Photo of our rooster….. ”The Colonel“
It was l dark as I loaded the back of my truck with the 40 pound crates of apples this morning . I kept thinking to myself…”Why am I doing this again? ???
It can’t be for the money. If that was the case, I would be way ahead to work a half a day [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life in the country, orchard, personal, random, spirituality, tagged bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, chickens, christianity, country living, faith, farm, farmer's market, farming, gardening, hospitality, Iowa, life, orchard, personal, random, spirituality on September 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world”
George Washington
Today was a good day.
5:45 this morning, while it was still dark I was outside loading wooden crates of Ginger Gold and Royal Court apples to sell @ the farmers market.
I woke up the rooster. Normally he doesn’t start crowing until about [...]
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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, life, life in the country, orchard, tagged bear river concerts, bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, christianity, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, music festival, orchard, personal, photography, random, relationships, spirituality on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Apple trivia: Did you know that an apple will ripen 10 times faster at room temperature than in a frigerator?
We have a bumper crop of apples this season. Last night my son and I picked two cortland trees, each yielding about 7 crates of apples :
Tonight I noticed the Suncrisp apples were [...]
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Posted in apple orchard, enjoying life, faith, farming, personal, spirituality, tagged farm, farming, bed and breakfast, Iowa, personal, life, random, country living, faith, spirituality, christianity, orchard, buy fresh buy local, photography on August 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Grace:
An unexpected and undeserved
act of kindness.
Picture of our 2009 Honeycrisp crop
Picture of our 2009 Gingergold crop.
We planted our first 40 apple trees in 2002. In 2003 we planted 60 more. Depending on the age and variety of the tree, typically it takes from 5 to 7 years for the trees to begin to [...]
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Posted in apple orchard, bear River concert series, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, farming, life in the country, music festival, tagged farm, farming, bed and breakfast, Iowa, personal, life, random, winston, country living, gardening, faith, spirituality, hospitality, orchard, buy fresh buy local, vacation, photography, music, bear river concerts on August 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown [he or she] left behind.”
Clementine Paddleford
July has been a whirlwind of activity, hospitality and the making of memories.
My wife’s 6 siblings had a family [...]
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Posted in enjoying life, farming, winston, tagged bed and breakfast, country living, farm, farming, Iowa, life, personal, pigs, random, winston, wisdom on July 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Early June my construction crew was building a lean to on a hog farm that farrows 5000 head a year. At break time, I mentioned to the farmer I was considering having Winston our 400 pound family pet artificially inseminated.
We have an acre of pasture that would be perfect for raising range fed pigs. [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bear River concert series, enjoying life, house concerts, music festival, tagged bear river concerts, bed and breakfast, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, house concerts, Iowa, life, music, music festival, personal, photography, random, spirituality on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Picture of my wife and I with the Small Potatoes and Gracie their dog after the concert 6/27/09
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If you ever hear that Small Potatoes is playing nearby, you owe it to yourself to go see them.
It’s hard to describe Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso in simple terms. They defy being put into any [...]
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