NowHere Farms

 We have been busier than you might expect with gardening over the past few weeks.  It used to be that December was planning month to keep Cletus from getting completely stir-crazy with not being able to garden but we are thankful to be able to get outside and DO garden things here in December! Cletus has been reading a lot to learn as much as he can about growing a market garden.   He says this one is pretty intensive but helpful enough he ordered his own copy after reading through the local library edition. The potatoes are thriving after a good rain. As are the onions and garlic.   Boots approves.   The banana tree is doing well despite all the wind we had last week.  And we were able to get out and harvest lettuce last week! We will be at our first poultry-swap in Elberta January and then we will start regular Saturday attendance at the local Farmer's Market January 18th.  We will have English Muffins, Quail eggs, baby blankets, and woven shaw...

Life has been only slightly less busy since our big day week the first of December.  It's a little hard to believe we are on this side of all that was going on.  Just to give a quick recap: We had a big hatch of 31 quail chicks.  At the same time, we had a cold snap (temperatures into the 30s.  Brrrr!) When the temperature drops under 50, even with heat plates/lamps quail chicks cannot survive (we learned that lesson the hard way a year or two ago!), so the chicks had to be in the house.  Cletus retired and is now full-time on the homestead. We had a BIG first day at the Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishers Market (quite a name, isn't it?  which is why they usually abbreviate to CAFFM).  We gave away some samples of English Muffins, sold some English Muffins, sold some jellies, sold a baby blanket and a shawl, and traded some ornaments and bookmarks for some smiles from some really cute, sweet kiddos. We disassembled Cletus' home office ~ a very big st...

It was not my intent to go quiet on the blog last week.  I fully intended to do my three posts about various and sundry things around and about nowhere.   Man proposes.... The best laid plans of mice and men.... There were two out-of-town doctor's appointments.  In one of those appointments I sat in the exam room waiting until an hour past my scheduled time (I'm on the verge of firing that doctor for other reasons). The incubator is hatching.  The weather is COLD.  Babies have heat plates and heat lamps but if the ambient temperature is less than 50 degrees the first week, they WILL die.  So these will have to be in the house until Wednesday.  Plants are also in the house until Wednesday in Cletus' office.  Cletus has a job (the one which pays for the health insurance) and is frequently on the phone during the day with customers.  Baby quail are noisy.  So the babies will have to be in my office/the craft room.  Baby quail are ...