Angeka On The Farm

CREATING A RURAL LIFE.

By the light of the silvery moon

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under cats, cucumbers, herbs, moon, paper bags, tomatoes, trees, turkey, vegetables, worms | Leave a Comment

Oh my gosh…did you see the full moon the other night?  I don’t know how it looked from your part of the world, but it was big and bright and amazing here.  Not only at night, but in the morning too.  It took up the whole sky.  Our new kitten was definitely digging it.  We [...]

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Fall Frenzy

Posted on October 25, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized, building, canning, children, cucumbers, farm maintenance, green market, hedges, neighbors, pecans, pet food, pickles, rattlesnake, tomatoes | 5 Comments

It’s been a while since the last post. A lot has been going on and I’m having a hard time keeping up not only doing what needs to be done, but writing about what needs to be done. I think it’s a bit of a case of denial or maybe just simply avoidance. [...]

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Tricky, tricky garden

Posted on October 6, 2007 - Filed Under broccoli, cucumbers, green market, herbs, pecans, pickles, planting, tomatoes, vegetables, worms | 1 Comment

So far we seem to be getting a pretty good crop of pecans. Last year we had lots of duds mixed in. I may be speaking too soon, but I haven’t come across many duds yet. I’ve already collected two large onion sacks-full and the season’s just begun. I’m going to [...]

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Warning bad dog

Posted on October 5, 2007 - Filed Under animals, cats, dog, goats, neighbors | Leave a Comment

Last night, we were awakened by the sounds of dogs barking.  Not unusual having two of our own who take their barking duties very seriously.  However, there were other dogs answering back.  And there was some sort of wailing, that I assumed was a dog, but I couldn’t recognize as it started and stopped rather [...]

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