Pictures 2004-2005

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See also more pictures: 2006 pictures and 2002-2003 pictures.


Jay remains passionate about skiing.
So we just had to get a picture of him skiing in here.

Even in ski season (fall, winter, and spring), he does sometimes work around the farm, too :-)




We do a lot of canning; tomatoes, jam,
relish and pickles. Lindsey loves canning,
and she can make jam herself.
This is a practice session.
My relish wins lots of ribbons at the county fair; in 2003, my kale relish (an original recipe!) won reserve grand champion - that's the second highest award out of all the canned goods at the fair, and the best relish (the champion was some kind of jam). In 2004, my sweet onion relish (recipe from the oregonian) won champion in the relish division; the best relish.

I'm very worried about 2005, I don't think I can threepeat...

Jay's older daughter Jenna came out to the farm this past summer, and we took her to Crater Lake. She'd never spent so much time with so many farm animals, nor eaten so many farm-fresh foods.


before
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after
This year we raised a turkey, named Gravy. He had a great personality, and also was delicious... though it's difficult to eat someone so friendly.

Gravy's favorite food was tomatoes. He must have eaten more than fifty pounds over the fall, any tomatoes that was spotty or mushy or varities that lost the taste-tests. His favorite were cherry tomatoes, which he ate whole, really fast before any chickens could get any. We included a lot of sun dried tomatoes in the stuffing, to honor him.


This is Calla, minutes after the birth, and just before Artichoke was born.



Calla a few days later, all cleaned up, fat and sassy.
We've seen a number of goats being born this year, both Jolie and Lily had the generousity to give birth when we were around. Lily in particular was very good to us; she gave birth the day before we were leaving for France - sparing Lisa's poor father, who was not at all enthusiastic about goat midwifery (way to go, Lily!)