Kit
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Post by Kit on Aug 23, 2006 13:11:08 GMT -5
Hey y'all ... Here at the farm, we have gardens (2 large, 2 small, and 2 raised beds) as well as raise Rex Rabbits (for meat and fur) and Chickens (for eggs and meat). Currently we have Golden Comets, Silver Lace Wyndottes, and Americaunas for chickens. We also have a field of a Maine delicacy: fiddleheads. We have apple trees, concord grapes, raspberries, blueberries, and a wide variety of vegetables. We are also working on adding: Goats (for meat), Sheep (for meat and fiber), Fish (not tilapia, it's too cold here, probably trout), and MORE garden space, and possibly a field for haying and a field for hops or other grains.
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Post by admin on Aug 23, 2006 22:05:31 GMT -5
Kit, I take it Spiral Stone Farm is the name of your farm? Sounds very cool!!! I'm glad you can have all that in Maine!!! Our seasons here in Florida have been so "off" we think due to the hurricanes, that it's caused things to bud the wrong time of year, nothing is thriving as it should, and we're pretty concerned whether we'll get a garden this year, planting season is almost upon us here next month!!! I'm going to do greens and hope for the best!!! Tomatoes, perhaps only if we can hang them from buckets on the back porch, but then they wouldn't get the sunlight they need, so maybe not...too many bugs, I'm disgusted with it all. I've decided to try to eat more wild foods as soon as I get a little more well and gain strength to get out like I used to. They used to laugh and tease my husband about having "Elaine sightings" because I could be anywhere out looking for wild edible, medicinal plants around here on McARthur dairy. The workers all know (or used to know) why I was out there and some would pick me up and bring me home when I looked a little too tired. Now, I'm realizing that the dust from the roads are really bad for my lungs, so this may not be possible any more. I really need a four wheeler or something so I can really get out there and get away from the dirt roads. Elaine
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Kit
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Post by Kit on Aug 24, 2006 5:13:22 GMT -5
Four wheelers are awesome tools. Don't get the three wheeled variety, they tip too easily. Yes, Spiral Stone Farm is the name of our farm. Or, our wannabe farm! Our weather has been wacked up here as well. It's August and it's been in the 50's in the morning (or lower!!) and barely hitting 80 in the afternoon (if it hits it at all). It's rained so much this spring (remember all my monsoon and blub blub posts?) that things are STILL SOGGY! That's right, you like hunting up wild foods. Here's one for you: FIDDLEHEADS. You can only get them during a 1 week (maybe two, depending on weather) period in Maine. And it's only in late winter early spring. What is a fiddlehead? Well, it's a baby fern, just poking her head up from the ground, not yet uncurled. You pluck her right out of the ground, sautee in butter and garlic, and eat. Tastes like an asparagus/spinach combo. YUM!
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Post by admin on Aug 24, 2006 23:35:13 GMT -5
Yeah, fiddlehead ferns grow in Alaska. I used to live there and I remember people talking about them, don't remember if my mother ever cooked any, she was a healthfood nut for a while in the 60's always mixing some kind of yeast up in a drink, and making fenugreek tea(I will cook with it but not drink it) I thought my mom was weird back then (smile). That was when we lived in Homer, Alaska....cool.... sounds SO good Kit!!!!
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