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Properly wintry weather at last -- though the robins, who seem to have all stayed this year on a bad...

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Uploaded on Jan 16, 2012

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Risa brings in three or four days' worth of eggs for processing. There are two dozen duck eggs and a...

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Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012

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For their choice of (veg) chili or (non-veg) split-pea soup, Bread, salad on the side, rhubarb crisp...

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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2011

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Risa stops on her way to the barn to admire ice crystals that formed overnight on the barnyard fence.

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Uploaded on Dec 14, 2011

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Indoors, I'm making some pre-mixed cereal for hot breakfasts. Contains wheat, rye, barley, oats,...

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Uploaded on Nov 18, 2011

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Pickled beets are easily the cheeriest things we can. These are mostly Chioggia with some Detroit...

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Uploaded on Nov 10, 2011

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View from the kitchen window

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Uploaded on Nov 9, 2011

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taken from train window on Amtrak en route from Florida to Oregon

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Uploaded on Nov 4, 2011

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Uploaded on Oct 14, 2011

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When Risa is at her parents' house, she goes walkies twice a day to maintain her sanity. The route...

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Uploaded on Oct 4, 2011

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Amish Paste, Black Prince, Stupice, Sungold.

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Uploaded on Sep 16, 2011

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We think our hops, year two, is an unqualified success. Shades the house in summer but not...

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Uploaded on Sep 16, 2011

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Mostly applesauce, apple juice, tomato puree, pickled cucumbers, pickled beets, blackberry jam, and chutney. 2009-2011.

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Uploaded on Sep 11, 2011

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We've dried and canned and frozen apples this week; the rest will be juiced and canned up in quart...

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Uploaded on Sep 9, 2011

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Slam it down over the apple and you get a core and fourteen slices, ready to dehydrate, freeze, or...

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Uploaded on Sep 1, 2011

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View from kitchen window at 7:30 A.M., with coffee brewing behind me. We're tidying up for our Open...

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Uploaded on Aug 12, 2011

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The hardneck garlic and elephant garlic that we're bringing in for this year. Lots is still out there -- next year's seed crop.

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Uploaded on Aug 5, 2011

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For the fourth (and no doubt last) time, Risa's been to 10,358 feet (that's the summit behind...

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Uploaded on Aug 3, 2011

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