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Ducklings 🦆 The hens made a nest and diligently sat together for weeks. Truth be told, they’ve had several nests over th...
05/27/2026

Ducklings 🦆

The hens made a nest and diligently sat together for weeks.

Truth be told, they’ve had several nests over the last few years with no success.

I decided our little flock of four was going to be the end of our duck experience; I was sure this nest would also fail.

To my surprise there was a single duckling in the nest one evening, the other four hatched the next day!

The yellow pair are Welsh Harlequins, one hen and one drake. The black ducklings are a Cayuga/Welsh Harlequin mix.

The Cayuga hen has a nest of her own in some brush under a set of trees near the house. Hopefully she will hatch some as well.
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I forgot how much I enjoy ducklings.

Sometimes the to•do list takes over and I forget to enjoy what we’re creating here.

To stop what I’m doing to walk down to the pond, second coffee in hand, and simply enjoy the life I’ve been given.

Ducklings are the perfect reminder.

Garlic 🧄 The garlic was harvested, it was a bit early but rain for the next week and a half was a good enough reason. I ...
05/21/2026

Garlic 🧄

The garlic was harvested, it was a bit early but rain for the next week and a half was a good enough reason.

I second guessed myself when the sun was shining the next morning although that quickly faded as the buckets of water started to fall.

The largest heads are saved each year for fall planting and I’ve had the same stock for many years.

Silver Rose is the best long term storage variety I grow.
Some of this year’s harvest were planted from garlic braids that were stored over a year in the pantry!

Hard neck is another must grow as we enjoy our scape purée every winter.

I have another set of cloves I grow that my brother sent from Gilroy years ago. I don’t know the variety, I simply know they smell like home.

Mike happened to be in the Bay Area last fall and took a short drive down to Gilroy to pick up a few new heads to my utter delight!

I don’t know their variety either, they grew wonderfully and the garden has smelled pleasantly garlicky for the last few weeks.

There is nothing quite like Gilroy garlic.

Alpine 🐐 It’s lovely to get back into the cheese making rhythm. Alpine cheese is a new one for me and my oh my does it s...
05/20/2026

Alpine 🐐

It’s lovely to get back into the cheese making rhythm.

Alpine cheese is a new one for me and my oh my does it smell wonderful; very mild with a hint of sweetness.

As always, I’m amazed that a few simple ingredients can make a wide variety of flavors and textures.

Cheese is incredible.

05/07/2026

Chicken 🐓

The meat birds are growing out wonderfully!

Farm pick up is in June!!

Strawberry Kombucha 🍓 It feels like summer and I’m ready for it! We always ramp up our kombucha consumption in the hot s...
05/04/2026

Strawberry Kombucha 🍓

It feels like summer and I’m ready for it! We always ramp up our kombucha consumption in the hot summer months because it is so refreshing!

Can you believe we’ve had our scoby since 2008??

It has been with us in Oregon, Georgia, and now Tennessee.

Mike makes the tastiest flavor combinations and puts it on tap so it is super bubbly just the way we like it.

Pretty sure strawberry is my favorite flavor! 🍓

Do you make your own kombucha?

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