Michelle’s Traveling Milk Mobile rides again!
We brought Gwen back up to stay with the bull to make sure that she’s bred so I’m traveling back and forth twice a day to milk her. He is not showing a whole lot of interest in her, which is a
Month: February 2011
Tragedy struck!!
Last night, I went to make yogurt using my Piima Culture and discovered I ate the last of it!!!!! Luckily, I had some of it set aside in the freezer. I’m slowly heating some cream to re-culture it and will return a
Back to the horse thing
Several months ago, I watched this old-timey horse trainer work with a horse and he really impressed me. I also knew that he dealt in a lot of used horse tack so Yesterday, I decided to give him a call to see
It’s raining …
It started just as I headed out to milk. I suppose I should be happy about the rain and I am, but I really wanted to ride today. Maybe it will let up soon and Sudi will dry off enough so that
Successful saddle hunting
Oh do I love it when I can find a quality USED product at a good price! Yesterday afternoon, I decided to go and look at the saddle with no money in my pocket so that I wouldn’t be tempted to buy
Two good days in a row!
Please! Make it stop!!!! Gosh I love it when all of the animals behave, milk flows as it should, Gel does what I need him to do and the weather is decent. Gwen in particular is being really, really good. She’s eating
Seeds in the ground
I got my butt in gear and got a bunch of seeds in the ground yesterday. I planted two types of carrots; two types of beets; three types of peas; rutabaga; tri-color romaine lettuce and arugula. Of course, that means I didn’t
Homeopathy to the rescue
I’ve been somewhat down on homeopathy for a while now. Not so sure it worked, not so much because homeopathy as “medicine”; but because people and animals these days are so sick that nothing can help them. Several months ago, Mica bit
Gas Prices
Are they not ridiculous? I was considering going to South Mountain to ride Sudi on Thursday, but not with gas being as high as it is. As much as I enjoy riding at South Mountain, it seems a frivolous expense given our
A quick update
All the chores are done (I think!) and soon I’ll have to get dressed for MM. I am not feeling all that great, but nothing a couple of aspirin won’t temporarily take care of. Yes, I occasionally take aspirin and more than