July 2009

Tomato Basil Soup

Main Dishes

1 medium onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped 1 T. oil 1 quart fresh tomatoes, coarsely chopped 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth 6-8 leaves fresh basil, chopped salt and pepper to taste 1 Tablespoon butter, optional Extra basil for garnish In a medium large saucepan, brown the onion and garlic [...]

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Overdue Goat Update

Barnyard

Sylvie is hacked off.  You can tell cause her “mane” is standing up.  I think she’s mad cause she hasn’t gotten enough attention on the blog lately. She wants you to know that they’re both doing fine.  Lily is a bit of a spoiled pain and thinks she’s a person, not a goat.  But Sylvie [...]

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Homemade Edamame

Recipes

Soybeans are super easy to grow and if you’re in the South, you can still be planting them RIGHT NOW.  Just get some soybean seeds, plunk them in the ground about 9 per square foot, and watch them grow. In about ten weeks, once the pods feel full, try this recipe. Homemade Edamame Big pile [...]

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Chicks!

Barnyard

If you’ve ever wondered what a box of live chicks looks like, here it is. The P.O. called early Wednesday morning (they ship out on Monday) to say the chicks had arrived. I went over directly and brought them home. I opened the box and there they were, 8 chicks huddled in a wad, stereotypically [...]

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Goats and Chippers

Barnyard

I got this for Christmas from Craigslist.  Cheap!! Why? I have goats. Goats regularly ‘fertilize’ their bedding straw. Goats strip leaves off of every stick in the vicinity. Neither straw nor sticks break down very quickly in the compost pile.  But because of this baby, I have the coolest compost pile in the WORLD right [...]

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