Submitted by Birgit McCall on Sun, 09/03/2017 – 12:30pm I love our renewables. I love the $18.54 utility bill we receive 7-8 months of the year (darn those Ameren line fees!) when we are pushing more power back onto the grid than we are using. Considering we charge 2 electric cars regularly, this is a […]
Farming Foibles
Farming Foibles: Liquid Black Gold
Submitted by Birgit McCall on Mon, 01/15/2018 – 6:34pm I’m home today, recovering from something nasty, and watching the snow blowing across our yard and turning into drifts. So, in an effort to cast my mind back to a warmer place, I want to use today’s blog post as an opportunity to educate you about […]
Farming Foibles: Mr. Possum
Submitted by Birgit McCall on Sun, 03/05/2017 – 6:11pm At our house, I prefer to keep a certain level of formality with the local wildlife. So we have Mr. Possum, Mr. Toad, Mr. Earthworm, and so on. I’m not sure why there isn’t any female wildlife nearby, but somehow it just works out that way. […]
Farming Foibles: Recycling
Submitted by Birgit McCall on Sun, 02/18/2018 – 9:51am I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning around the house lately, and I found my soap box! Wahoo! I’m going to clamber up on top of it today and talk about an item that is near and dear to my heart — recycling — or perhaps, […]
Farming Foibles: The Girls
Submitted by Birgit McCall on Sun, 04/09/2017 – 5:33pm Welcome to this week’s bee-log! Last time we focused on the gentlemen who frequent our property, this time let’s take a look at the girls, all ~50,000 of them (not counting Fuzzy)! We’ve always tried to support our local volunteer pollinators … primarily by not spraying […]
Farming Foibles: Winter is Coming, part 1
Submitted by Birgit McCall on Sat, 10/15/2016 – 2:09pm Some of you are only excited about the coming of winter in the context of a certain HBO series; however, there are others that love sitting by a roaring fire on a cold day. I enjoy both a great deal, and luckily, we have a roaring […]
