Winter Garden

All of the seeds I planted in mid august are growing. They will grow probably until the end of October, go dormant and start growing in the spring. Come April I should have a garden FULL of stuff ready to eat. We planted kale, spinach, raddichio, kohlrabi, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, onions, leeks, carrots, beets....I know I'm missing more......

More egg stuff....

I have had to buy eggs a few times in the last 3 months. I sold off my older adult flock and replaced them with new chicks. The new girls should all be laying within a month. As I was making breakfast the other morning I cracked a store bought egg and them one of my fresh eggs. The one on the right is the fresh egg. The yolk was a richer yellow color and is much thicker and firmer. The store bought egg was pale yellow and runny. It has alot to do with the chickens diet. Although I buy organic eggs from the store they still do not get to run around outside, eat grass and bugs and get "treats" (our fruit/ veggie peelings, wilted produce etc) daily. Nothing tastes better than fresh eggs!

Our newest addition......

We just brought home a new goat a few weeks ago. Hes a 4 month old Boer Wether (wether means fixed male) He is already about 100lbs and should be about 200 by next year! He is a big boy and oh so cute. He needs a name but I have'nt come up with one yet, any suggestions????

Sequim Farm Walk Nash's Organic Produce

I recently attended a Farm Walk

( http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/reportertools/news/2008/farmwalk-nash-2008-08.html) up in Sequim put on by Nash's Organic Produce http://www.nashsorganicproduce.com/

It was a tour of some of their facilities, the fields and a few demonstrations. It was a gorgeous day and we had alot of fun!

More gluten free goodness

I realized my son, at 3 1/2, had NEVER had a sandwich! Most GF bread is dry, expensive and sugary. I have made a few GF/CF "breads"after fiddling around with recipes. They're like a pancake-crepe-bread hybrid. I have a potato bread version and also a pretty good buckwheat one. I make huge batches, freeze them and thaw out 2 whenever he wants a sandwich. He loves PB&J!