Animal Husbandry is one of the very oldest of man’s occupations, following close behind gardening/agriculture. And these days you can get an overload of information on how to care for your animals just by typing a few words into Google. In this post, I want to...
4 years = 1 gosling. Not great results! But I learned along the way, and perhaps the recounting of my experiences will be helpful to you if you are thinking about letting your geese hatch their own eggs. Before I start in on the story and its morals, though, I feel I...
“There are several variations on the methods used to make sourdoughs, most American versions being made in three stages….From making the starter to baking the bread takes about five days. I find the whole process rather unrewarding….”~ Elizabeth David I found this...
“Bread, the best smell on earth,” says Mr. Brown in National Velvet1, and I think I would have to agree with him. (Well, except that chocolate smells pretty good too – how about chocolate bread!) There is something tantalizing and so homey and comfortable about the...
Two little yellow creatures. I saw them for the first time when I arrived at the post office that Wednesday morning. The Post Mistress pulled back the lid of their little cardboard box so I could see that they had traveled well. My sister drove home so I could cradle...
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