2010 Harvest Fair!

Making Cider - Check out this big apple!

It is full circle for us and this blog. Last year our first post was on the Harvest Fair and now here we are reporting back on another fabulous Fair. 

This year Fair was almost a wash out but miraculously the clouds broke and the sun shined down on lots of happy faces. The music was great, the food was great and it was great to see the people - kids running wild, parents chasing them, grandparents, and new born babies. Totally full circle. 

We made cider from apples that we picked earlier in the day. One gallon of cider from one paper grocery sack full of apples. 

Thanks to Friends of the Farms for putting on such a great event!

They may not look tasty but they sure are, perfect for the cider press

Worst Hard Time

Just finished Timothy Egan's book, Worst Hard Time (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.html/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/176-3789840-1422665?a=061834697X). Was hard to read cant imagine living through it!

Will get a review out soon.

Pullets! Humphf!

The four Americana pullets are now 23 weeks old. A pullet is essentially a chicken in their teen years - teenagers.

They look great, act normal, and are eating and drinking well. The rub is that they are at the age when laying normally commences and so far no eggs. I know what you're think, gimme another week. And that is what we'll do. One more week and then I will demand they start laying, that ought to do it.