Feral Farmdog
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Homesteadish stuff. Dogs, cats, geese, chickens, gardening, orchard cultivation, permaculture, food preservation, crafts, herbals, natural building, folk wisdom, and politics.
I definitely did not have 'Art Vandelay Starts a World Recession' on my 2025 bingo card.
April 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I definitely did not have 'Art Vandelay Starts a World Recession' on my 2025 bingo card.
Slowly, slowly, slowly.
Then very quickly.
Then very quickly.
January 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Slowly, slowly, slowly.
Then very quickly.
Then very quickly.
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Cold days are for carving: poplar, maple, roasted maple, walnut, apple, and something reddish from a scrap pile
January 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Cold days are for carving: poplar, maple, roasted maple, walnut, apple, and something reddish from a scrap pile
Dear Hot Water Heater,
That's not what "Dry January" means.
That's not what "Dry January" means.
January 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Dear Hot Water Heater,
That's not what "Dry January" means.
That's not what "Dry January" means.
Made the beans.
Made the pot of chili.
Made the cornbread from locally grown organic heirloom corn packed in on donkeyback by monks sworn to vows of silence on ancient texts never before read by mortals and ground in a tabletop mill on my lunch break.
Forgot to salt the cornbread.
Made the pot of chili.
Made the cornbread from locally grown organic heirloom corn packed in on donkeyback by monks sworn to vows of silence on ancient texts never before read by mortals and ground in a tabletop mill on my lunch break.
Forgot to salt the cornbread.
January 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Made the beans.
Made the pot of chili.
Made the cornbread from locally grown organic heirloom corn packed in on donkeyback by monks sworn to vows of silence on ancient texts never before read by mortals and ground in a tabletop mill on my lunch break.
Forgot to salt the cornbread.
Made the pot of chili.
Made the cornbread from locally grown organic heirloom corn packed in on donkeyback by monks sworn to vows of silence on ancient texts never before read by mortals and ground in a tabletop mill on my lunch break.
Forgot to salt the cornbread.
My newest favorite onion is the Rose de Roscoff Keravel. There is none better for caramelized onions. Seed from adaptiveseeds.com
Adaptive Seeds - Diverse, Open-pollinated, and Organic Seed
Welcome to Adaptive Seeds! We sell rare, diverse and resilient seed for ecologically-minded farmers and gardeners. Open-pollinated, Non-GMO and Organic Seed
adaptiveseeds.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My newest favorite onion is the Rose de Roscoff Keravel. There is none better for caramelized onions. Seed from adaptiveseeds.com
Zone 5b
Today is the day to plant allium seeds. Start indoors in the deepest pots you can spare. Crowd their elbows, not their feet.
Today is the day to plant allium seeds. Start indoors in the deepest pots you can spare. Crowd their elbows, not their feet.
January 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Zone 5b
Today is the day to plant allium seeds. Start indoors in the deepest pots you can spare. Crowd their elbows, not their feet.
Today is the day to plant allium seeds. Start indoors in the deepest pots you can spare. Crowd their elbows, not their feet.
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Happy New Year!
May you be as joyful as a dog with an empty pop bottle this holiday season
December 26, 2024 at 8:38 PM
May you be as joyful as a dog with an empty pop bottle this holiday season
Happy Solstice!
December 22, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Happy Solstice!
Dogs run up on a skunk last night. The older one hit the brakes in time and let the youngling learn by doing.
Skunk funk cleaner:
Dawn dish soap
Hydrogen peroxide
Baking soda
Mix together to make a foamy paste. Lather it into the affected area. Let sit about 10 minutes. Wash off.
Skunk funk cleaner:
Dawn dish soap
Hydrogen peroxide
Baking soda
Mix together to make a foamy paste. Lather it into the affected area. Let sit about 10 minutes. Wash off.
December 21, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Dogs run up on a skunk last night. The older one hit the brakes in time and let the youngling learn by doing.
Skunk funk cleaner:
Dawn dish soap
Hydrogen peroxide
Baking soda
Mix together to make a foamy paste. Lather it into the affected area. Let sit about 10 minutes. Wash off.
Skunk funk cleaner:
Dawn dish soap
Hydrogen peroxide
Baking soda
Mix together to make a foamy paste. Lather it into the affected area. Let sit about 10 minutes. Wash off.
My office colleagues voted White Chicken Chili as the winner of the Christmas Chili Cookoff.
Y'all.
I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.
Y'all.
I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.
December 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM
My office colleagues voted White Chicken Chili as the winner of the Christmas Chili Cookoff.
Y'all.
I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.
Y'all.
I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.
Today's assignment:
1. Find some empty boxes (soda 12 packs are perfect for this exercise)
2. Stack boxes side-by-side in a row (or three)
3. Pull your arms back into your shirt, elbows at your ribcage, with only your hands sticking out
1/2
1. Find some empty boxes (soda 12 packs are perfect for this exercise)
2. Stack boxes side-by-side in a row (or three)
3. Pull your arms back into your shirt, elbows at your ribcage, with only your hands sticking out
1/2
December 7, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Today's assignment:
1. Find some empty boxes (soda 12 packs are perfect for this exercise)
2. Stack boxes side-by-side in a row (or three)
3. Pull your arms back into your shirt, elbows at your ribcage, with only your hands sticking out
1/2
1. Find some empty boxes (soda 12 packs are perfect for this exercise)
2. Stack boxes side-by-side in a row (or three)
3. Pull your arms back into your shirt, elbows at your ribcage, with only your hands sticking out
1/2
If you're reading this, you probably need to know this: your employer does not give one solitary flying fuck about keeping your PII safe and secure
December 6, 2024 at 4:33 PM
If you're reading this, you probably need to know this: your employer does not give one solitary flying fuck about keeping your PII safe and secure
Guess the oarfish were right after all
December 5, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Guess the oarfish were right after all
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BREAKING NEWS: A powerful 7.0 earthquake has struck off the northern California coast. A tsunami warning has been issued.
The tsunami warning stretches hundreds of miles from the Bay Area of California north into central Oregon.
The tsunami warning stretches hundreds of miles from the Bay Area of California north into central Oregon.
A powerful 7.0 earthquake strikes off northern California coast; tsunami warning issued
A powerful earthquake has struck off the northern California coast and a tsunami warning has been issued. Several aftershocks continue to rattle the area off Eureka.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2024 at 7:35 PM
BREAKING NEWS: A powerful 7.0 earthquake has struck off the northern California coast. A tsunami warning has been issued.
The tsunami warning stretches hundreds of miles from the Bay Area of California north into central Oregon.
The tsunami warning stretches hundreds of miles from the Bay Area of California north into central Oregon.
Sunchokes prefer loose, well-drained soil. Seriously though, who doesn't?
December 5, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Sunchokes prefer loose, well-drained soil. Seriously though, who doesn't?
Sunchokes are also known as "fartichokes". Keep this in mind as you plant your sustainable perennial food forest.
December 1, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Sunchokes are also known as "fartichokes". Keep this in mind as you plant your sustainable perennial food forest.
People who can their raw milk give me the giggles
December 1, 2024 at 5:26 PM
People who can their raw milk give me the giggles
Sunchokes are a sunflower relative native to North America - and are not related to artichokes
November 30, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Sunchokes are a sunflower relative native to North America - and are not related to artichokes
Sustainable plant of the week: jerusalem artichokes (aka sunchokes)
November 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Sustainable plant of the week: jerusalem artichokes (aka sunchokes)
If you're not interested in talking politics over the holiday, rest assured that politics are talking about you.
November 28, 2024 at 5:57 PM
If you're not interested in talking politics over the holiday, rest assured that politics are talking about you.