Happiness is…
In this season of thanksgiving (by the way, is anyone else totally blown away by how this year has flown by? I think my brain is still in early September!), I have noticed several things around Cockamamy in the last … Continue reading
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Puppy Update
An update, you ask? Well, the short version is this: These two are growing like weeds!! See photographic evidence below. We adopted Okra (left) and Fletcher on July 19. They were 10 weeks old on July 21. And sweet little … Continue reading
Preserving Summer
Sum-sum-summatime and the garden is bountiful! I can’t stand to see all the yummy goodness go to waste. While I’m shoving garden tomatoes into my mouth at ever opportunity, there’s no way I can eat them all. So I’m also … Continue reading
Savoring the Garden’s Bounty
The summer’s garden is starting to look pretty scraggly…but I love this season! The tomatoes are ripe on the vine, the squash is playing hide-and-seek among giant green leaves and the basil is on the brink of bolting. That means … Continue reading
Front landscape
Our front yard has been dominated by a trio of huge evergreens that, while not pretty (the top was broken out of one by a storm a few years ago), they did give us shade from southern exposure … Continue reading
New Additions
This summer has been a complete whirlwind of work and travel and garden and more work. In the midst of it all, we have added two new furry babies to our farm family. When I was away for work, Ben … Continue reading
Watch our garden grow!
My, how our garden has been growing! Which, frankly, is why you haven’t heard much from us lately. We’ve been a tad bit busy. Sorry about that! I decided to capture the amazing garden as it develops with a bit … Continue reading
Gone Fishing
Having a pond at Cockamamy Farm is really nice. The frogs put everyone to bed each night with a song, there is at least one massive, ancient turtle who calls it home, and we can water the garden from it … Continue reading
Still Growing…
Have three weeks really passed since our last Cockamamy blog post? Time flies when you’re digging in the dirt! And that’s exactly what we’ve been up to. Digging in the dirt (or mud as was the case last week) on … Continue reading
It’s GROW time!
Spring at Cockamamy is a busy time for everyone on the farm. The seeds sown directly in the garden are coming up thick and needing to be thinned. The greenhouse is proving a success, with tomatoes, squash, beans, and herbs … Continue reading
