Serenity Acres Now

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Month: June 2011

  • Using Seasonal Foods

    Using Seasonal Foods

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    Nerdbilly

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    ‘Tis the season for using all of these early summer crops, and I’ve been busy doing just that. Over the weekend, I made some stuffed grape leaves. We have wild vines growing on our fences and so I foraged away, added some stuffing (rice, tomato, pine nuts, salt/pepper, cumin, and olive oil) and then cooked…

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  • Cheerful Flowers

    Cheerful Flowers

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    Nerdbilly

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    I really need to break up the doom and gloom of the horrific attack on our chicken flock with something cheerful. I’m sure you’d agree. So, here are some beautiful flowers from around the farm. Enjoy!   I really want to grow more varieties of poppies next year. I have some seeds that I plan…

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  • Dog Attack On Our Flock, Part IV

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    Nerdbilly

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    Friday, sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., our flock was once again attacked, all inside of the fenced-in area. We discovered a corner of the fence that had been knocked down, and it was from the side of the area closest to the neighbor’s whose dog we suspect in all of these attacks. Once…

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