Posted in Iowa, farming, tagged buy fresh buy local, country living, farm, farming, free range pigs, Iowa, life, personal, pigs, random on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Picture of me holding our first free range piglet in May of 2008.
Imagine a pig raised on apples, mulberries, clover, shelled corn and pasture, without a bunch of chemicals…. That would make a tasty pig
Pigs are foragers by nature. They love to turn up the soil with their snouts digging for roots, and grubs. It’s called [...]
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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, bed and breakfast, tagged bed and breakfast, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, life, personal, random, spirituality, vacation on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Albert and Alice
An Old-fashioned Ballad
Albert was a hired man
The moon was dark and new.
He hurried through chores that night
While snowy flurries flew.
Albert milked the cows by hand
He fed them grist and hay.
He shut tight the big barn-door
To keep the storm at bay.
He was musing of Alice’s dancing-
Her eyes were bright and blue.
He fussed and dressed [...]
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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 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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Posted in Iowa, apple orchard, bed and breakfast, farming, orchard, tagged bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, Iowa, orchard, personal, pick your own pumpkins, random, spirituality, vacation on June 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He’s gotta pick this one. He’s got to. I don’t see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there’s not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity [...]
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Posted in Iowa, country living, enjoying life, life in the country, personal, tagged bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, chickens, country living, farm, farming, gardening, Iowa, life, personal, photography, random, spirituality, wisdom on June 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw. “
Henry David Thoreau
I like that quote by Thoreau where he talks about gardens, forests and outlaws, but I’m not sure what he was trying to say. I’m serious. Could one of you translate that for me?
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Here [...]
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