2015/7/28

Into the Woods 走入森林

Handmade Water Ram 自製水力幫浦
Videos of goats and chickens 羊寶錄影
Chickens 雞
Books and Movies Review 讀書和電影心得
Voice of goats 山羊的叫聲
Goat feed 山羊愛吃的食物

Back Yard Bio-Charcoal 自製木炭
Water Tank 儲雨水塔
Recipes 中西食譜
Edible Garden 2013 可食庭園

Quinoa 2015 藜麥
Property Development 買山容易養山難



Videos 短片:
Wild December 冬天的野生動物
Animals in Mirrors 動物照鏡子










The greatest benefit living in woods is training myself as a sensitive listener and observer.


The woods is behind our house, and the trail is very steep.


Walking with goats and chickens into the woods is my favorite activity every morning. 


Because of their keen hearing and smelling, 


I have learned wild life beauty and cruel through them. 


There are all kinds of flowers and trees grow in woods. 


Although no one plants them, they come back every year and grow up silently by themselves. 


It is quiet in the woods most of time until birds start to sing, crows begin to yell, and turkeys open their throat to gobble. 


They like to compete with each other, I think.










I sometimes see a baby deer's dead body or a small animal's bone on the trail. 


Nests of wild bees or yellow jackets are also scared by us when we pass by. 


Whenever goats stop eating grass, perk their ears, and stare at far distance, 


I hold my breath and look hard to see what have caught their attention. 










It is also fun to watch goats scatter in all direction when there is just a little bird flies out of bush. 


I can sing and talk in the woods as loud as I want without anyone's complaint. 


Chickens and goats like to follow me as my shadow. 


They call me to make sure I am around when they are in a thick blackberry bush. 


Luckily, we haven't met any predators but only cute squirrels, lizards, butterflies and baby snails. 










Animals and I enjoy fresh air, cool temperature and lessons that Mother Nature assigns us every morning. 











Walking into the woods is an exciting activity to start a day, and is a good exercise to both of my goats and myself.



2015/7/20

Picnic 2015 夏日聚餐

Handmade Water Ram 自製水力幫浦
Videos of goats and chickens 羊寶錄影
Chickens 雞
Books and Movies Review 讀書和電影心得
Voice of goats 山羊的叫聲
Goat feed 山羊愛吃的食物

Back Yard Bio-Charcoal 自製木炭
Water Tank 儲雨水塔
Recipes 中西食譜
Edible Garden 2013 可食庭園

Quinoa 2015 藜麥
Property Development 買山容易養山難



夏天蔬菜多, 水果多, 農夫市場多, 人多, 聚餐也多, 一週至少一次, 有時一個週末有兩三場撞期, 挑選節目多樣化, 例如免費博物館參觀, 現場音樂, 彩繪臉和髮型設計, 菜色又好的參加. 


老美野餐聚會多採主辦單位準備主菜 (漢堡, 熱狗, 肉片), 參加者各帶一菜方式 (Potluck), 會先規定妥善, 例如姓氏字母從 A 到 M 的帶甜點, N 到 Z 的帶開胃菜


準備了一大碗彩虹沙拉, 很清爽, 各色甜椒, 小黃瓜, 小紅蘿蔔切片和小塊, 拌上酪梨油或冷壓初榨橄欖油, 連鹽都不用, 反而被搶光; 因為這類聚餐都是高鹽, 高脂或高糖, 因此用清淡瓜菜讓大家不要吃得過鹹過甜


哇, 有人竟不惜工本, 慷慨提供價昂的各式橄欖



馬鈴薯沙拉和彩色義大利麵是老美聚餐必見菜色, 


當令的水果西瓜, 一定在場, 


盛產的藍莓, 黑莓, 櫻桃, 


蘋果, 桃梨, 用來作水果派很不錯


巧克力餅乾甜點必現


不想吃熱狗漢堡的人, 用夾麵包的蔬菜當沙拉也很好