Comments on: FRIENDS, FAMILY, GOATS & AWARD

By: sandra sigal

sandra sigal — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:05:21 +0000

Glad to hear you are a multi-task knitter. I am as well, although my primary hobby is sewing. I've been doing quilts for many years as well as "making something out of nothing - or whatever is left" (see the book "Josephs' Coat" by Sims Taback). I understand that you have a great knitting coach. If you need any sewing help - let me know. I would like to know about your raised bed gardening techniques. I noticed from the photos that you use 2' X 4's. Does it have to be a special kind of wood? What is the purpose of the raised bed? Does this type of gardening decrease the bug/weed infestations?

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:20:54 +0000

Persimmons? I just picked some the other day and made a pudding from them. It's an "old-timey" Southern recipe that no one from my generation has ever heard of (I'm forty). Are yours the Japanese version? We have the little ones with big pits--what I call the "Virginia" version. They are better to eat, from what I've read. Stewed up, they look like cooked pumpkin.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:07:17 +0000

As I was driving around rural North Dakota this weekend with some family, we passed a very small town and a goat was standing at the door. It appeared he was waiting to be let in like a normal pet. Your story made me think of that.