The Twelve Days of Christmas (Northern Aroostook County, Maine Style)
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pine tree.On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me 2 pigeons, and a partridge in a pine tree.On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me 3 White Rocks, 2 pigeons, and a partridge in a pine tree.On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 4 large black crows, 3 White Rocks, 2 pigeons, and a partridge in a pine tree.On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 5 FEET OF SNOW, 4 large black crows, 3 White Rocks, 2 pigeons, and a partridge in a pine tree.On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 6 moose a matin

Eggs... It's What's for Dinner?
Hello All,Don't they look harmless? Picturesque? But once they all start laying at the same time what does one do with all those eggs?

Homesteading and The City
Hello Everyone,I started thinking this blog up last night after my eldest son commented on how much work it was to heat the house. He went on to say how much work it was to hunt, and garden, and tend the chickens, and wouldn't it be easier to just buy these things like we used to before we moved to Maine? We've just come back from a long vacation in Connecticut where my son witnessed many of his cousins and my friend's children live carefree lives with no chores or responsibilities, or any concepts of where their heat, or food comes from. This conversation made me realize that it's been an absolutely crazy last couple of months here on the farm.Anything that can go w

Long Time No Blog
Hello All,It's been a busy while since I last blogged. The hard frosts have come and the only thing left in the garden as of today is the turnips, carrots, and russet potatoes. All are scheduled to be dug over the next two weeks. The carrots will be processed and the rest will be ushered to our root cellar. When the last potato is out of the ground we can official call it an end to the season and till the garden under for next year. We will fertilize it and till it under a second time before the first snow usual around the first of November.We were unsuccessful of hunting a moose this year. We were issued a land owner permit for the August hunt, but did not win the l