Bev Dow

I just returned from five days in Mexico where, among other things, I rode a horse up a mountain to see the monarch butterflies in their winter home. Details on bevdow.com/blog

A possum came around hunting apples this week. More on the blog bevdow.com/blog/possum

Eighteen degrees below zero, and I'm still baking...
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All I want to do is eat carbs and sleep. Can't. Stop. Baking. bevdow.com/blog/carbs

In our last episode, I harvested beets from the high tunnel after they froze. While they appeared to be fine, once cooked, they didn't taste quite right. So I made beet cake. More on the blog.

Beet Cake The high tunnel beets were a failure. They seemed firm after the freeze, but when I cooked them, they didn’t taste quite right. Like the carrots, they were sweeter, yet they didn’t retain their...

It's spring! Flowers are blooming everywhere and almost all of our summer birds are back! More on the blog. bevdow.com/blog

Dreary winter weather. Stressful week. Car trouble. Chicken leg mites. Seems like a good time to bake. More on the blog.

Babka ​I do better when the sun shines. The last couple of days have been dreary, and I had a stressful week, as retirement weeks go. Yesterday, I comforted myself by trying to make chocolate babka....

I have definitive evidence that all my Americauna are laying and all of the Wyandottes are not. More on the blog

Slackers ​I have 8 laying hens. Five are Wyandottes that lay brown eggs. Three are Ameraucana that lay blue eggs. I have mentioned before that egg production is down this year, probably because some of them...

Finally got around to making the jam from 2024. Details on the blog.

Jammin' ​Busy farm wives, do you feel like you are going to lose your mind when you have to make jam at the same time you have to pick peas or pull weeds or can tomatoes? No? Well, then, this post will not...

Last Friday, I explored where the deer shelter in the willows. More on the blog www.bevdow.com/blog/a-secret-place

Happy New Year! I was compelled to make cinnamon rolls this morning to cheer myself up on yet another gloomy day. More on the blog bevdow.com/blog

The molt is over at last. The chicken's feathers have grown back. Goldie is looking resplendent with her new beard and hackles. Gray day here at Five Oaks, but once again, the rain we were promised did not materialize. Tomorrow is another day. More on the blog fiveoakschemung.blogspot.com