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Peripatetic philomaths…focusing on what's really important, eating ethically and cleanly, fermenting, foraging/wildcrafting, practicing herbalism, and being responsible stewards of our land. Sharing our photos, musings, and learnings. Still seeking our tribe.

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Haiku: Blue Is The Color Of Hope

20 April 202120 April 2021 ~ Forged Mettle Farm ~ Leave a comment

It’s a spring rite of passage, finding the discarded shells of hatching robins below the towering maple tree. The beauty of the color stops me in my tracks and I am compelled to examine the shell fragment, imagining the chick that triumphantly emerged, and soaking in that stunning blue.

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Incubation Update: The Goslings Are Hatching! (Long Read)

14 April 202114 April 2021 ~ Forged Mettle Farm ~ Leave a comment
Spot the pips?

Sometimes, the quiet in an incubator with eggs in lockdown is deafening. What’s going on in there? Are the air cells large enough? Are the goslings still alive?? And then, out of the blue, a pip appears!

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Frugal Ferments: Napa Cabbage (Baechu) Kimchi

12 April 202113 April 2021 ~ Forged Mettle Farm ~ Leave a comment

I’m a big kimchi fan, but I usually make kkakdugi. When I recently had the opportunity to acquire Napa cabbage for a big discount, I jumped on it – and made baechu kimchi!

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Eye Candy: Portraits Of A Fairy Egg

10 April 202110 April 2021 ~ Forged Mettle Farm ~ Leave a comment

Every so often, one of the ladies lays a strange egg – unusually shaped, colored, or, like this one, sized. It’s just a reproductive quirk, but fairy eggs are always fun to find and this one was ready for an adventure around the farm!

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Growing Things: Avocado Pits And Mango Seeds

9 April 20219 April 2021 ~ Forged Mettle Farm ~ 4 Comments

It started with the green onions, and now the growing bug has expanded to include the avocado pits and mango seeds. Why, you ask, when fruit is unlikely (or, if at all, very far off in the future)? Because they’re living plants, absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen!

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Incubation Update: Pilgrim Goose Eggs – Second Candling

5 April 20215 April 2021 ~ Forged Mettle Farm ~ 3 Comments
Definitely alive! We’re in the homestretch.

The goose eggs are nearly three quarters of the way through incubation. Today, I candled to verify continued development and weighed the eggs. I also visually checked the air cell development.

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