The past little while has been pretty busy here on the farm as we have been getting ready to open Missus’s little shop out front of the house. The spring weather has continued to be pleasant, though yesterday and today it cooled down, especially in the mornings, and we put a fire in the stove…
Author: The Lord of The Manor
Preparing the Herb Garden, 2024
One of the boys and I went down to the woodyard on Monday to pick up some firewood and a couple of saw logs. There were a lot of new piles in the dump suggesting that it is cutting season for the tree trimmers. This time it went really well, and we got two big…
First Wood Collection of the Year
Things have been busy around here on the old farm lately. I have been doing some cleaning out in the yard to get ready for the season. I also got fed up with the grass at the front of the house, and how the land leans and keeps water too close, so I got into…
Chores and Errands on Wednesday
Yesterday (Wednesday) was busy with errands and some cleaning and some paperwork here on the farm. I had to run into town to get copies of a couple of receipts and pick up a couple of things at the store. Finally, I ran down to the thrift store in Smithfield and picked up an auction…
The Last Tuesday of March, ’24
The garbage bins did not get picked up on Friday, and I did not want to let them sit another day as they were full, so I loaded them into the trailer along with the aluminum cans and any other rubbish that I could fine about and readied the trailer for a trip to the…
What to do on a Wednesday
Yesterday Missus had us down to town to pick up some supplies she needed for the Artist’s business. We also went to see a couple of cars on the used market. I did my chores when we got home then put the five-foot log from the log stack onto the sawmill. I kept that simple…
March Has Arrived, Spring Comes Soon!
It is snowing lightly today, and too cold to be outside for just about anything unless it is urgent or necessary. This morning one of the kids messaged and asked if he could come down and use our driveway to change his oil. He said the car was running funny and he thought it might…
It Stands to Reason
It was only this morning that I decided to break my temporary silence on the blog and complain about the warm weather we have been having, and the fact there has been so little snowfall. Apparently, I should have looked at the weather app, or at least out the window. I am just back in…
Not Winter-like
Taken just last week while waiting for the girls to come out to get a ride to the bus stop for school. Not cold enough to snow overnight. These winter nights get down to the low 20’s, mostly. But there is seldom snow. We have had rain overnight lately. The days light up and the…
Candle Making Night
In a change of fortunes on our weather forecast, we have snow predicted for most of the foreseeable future. It’s been so dry till now that it was beginning to worry me for the coming summer. Warm weather has been scary as is, but we have not been building up a snowpack for summer irrigation…