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The One-cow Revolution

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    Month: June 2013

    smells; carrots

    Tuesday, June 25:    You can tell when it is really muggy by looking at the floor in the basement, where dark lines of condensation map out… Read more “smells; carrots”

    June 25, 2013June 25, 2013 by onecowrevolution

    grass

    Monday, June 24:    The old truck is painted a toothsome blue, and spun a trench in the gravel as it came up the hill from the… Read more “grass”

    June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 by onecowrevolution

    hiving a swarm

    Thursday, June 13:    We are very poor beekeepers.  We lack method and discipline.   We are inconsistent and dilatory.  Yet every year, a few very poor years… Read more “hiving a swarm”

    June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 by onecowrevolution

    the grind

    Wednesday, June 20:    Milling logs for the new milking parlor.  Teaching some of the Franciscans to milk.  Collecting swarms of bees and losing swarms.  Weeding and… Read more “the grind”

    June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 by onecowrevolution

    dry

    Sunday, June 3:    Hot and dry without so much as a drop of the rain so confidently forecast by whomever are the prognosticators of weather.  Early… Read more “dry”

    June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 by onecowrevolution

    wet hay

    Saturday, June 1:    So much happens this time of year.  The haying was last week, not going off without a hitch, but done now and no… Read more “wet hay”

    June 2, 2013June 2, 2013 by onecowrevolution

    sunday

    Sunday, May 19:    Took the small people up to Benders’ to fish this afternoon — the spring pipe is clogged and the water overflows the settling… Read more “sunday”

    June 2, 2013June 2, 2013 by onecowrevolution
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