Category Archives: Farm
Getting ready to start seeds
Our seeds are here! Spring… you can come anytime now. It Says we’re supposed to start our cauliflower seeds inside right now. At this point in the winter it really doesn’t feel like spring is ever going to get here.
Getting ready to start seeds
Our seeds are here! Spring… you can come anytime now. It Says we’re supposed to start our cauliflower seeds inside right now. At this point in the winter it really doesn’t feel like spring is ever going to get here.
Storing Beets & Carrots
After you’ve worked long and hard all summer you want to make sure your bounty lasts more than a couple of weeks and nothing goes to waste. We’ve tried a couple of different methods over the years but, so far
Storing Beets & Carrots
After you’ve worked long and hard all summer you want to make sure your bounty lasts more than a couple of weeks and nothing goes to waste. We’ve tried a couple of different methods over the years but, so far
Coop DeVille
So, for awhile now we’ve been wanting to re-do our chicken coop. It seems we come up with a new coop/pen idea every year that’s gonna magically take all the work out of farming. We messed up when when we
Coop DeVille
So, for awhile now we’ve been wanting to re-do our chicken coop. It seems we come up with a new coop/pen idea every year that’s gonna magically take all the work out of farming. We messed up when when we
Honey
Honey Day! Last year we built 4 Langstroff bee hives. We weren’t sure how they would do since we’ve heard stories of all your hives dying during the winter. Spring came and all 4 had made it through the grueling
Sally and Chester Turkey
A few weeks ago our friend asked us if we wanted her Turkeys. Sally and Chester and their 4 recently hatched babies. We have been having such luck with our broody Silkie hen raising the chicks that we thought having
Sally and Chester Turkey
A few weeks ago our friend asked us if we wanted her Turkeys. Sally and Chester and their 4 recently hatched babies. We have been having such luck with our broody Silkie hen raising the chicks that we thought having
Building a Sliding Barn Door
For a while now we’ve been converting an old hay wagon into our new and improved mobile chicken coop. We’ll be doing a post on the process and how we did everything when we finish. I thought for now a
Building a Sliding Barn Door
For a while now we’ve been converting an old hay wagon into our new and improved mobile chicken coop. We’ll be doing a post on the process and how we did everything when we finish. I thought for now a
Bad day for the baby goats
For the past couple of weeks I’ve had the goats in the back of my mind. When your goats are a few weeks old people dehorn or disbud their goats. This means that you use a dehorning iron and burn
Bad day for the baby goats
For the past couple of weeks I’ve had the goats in the back of my mind. When your goats are a few weeks old people dehorn or disbud their goats. This means that you use a dehorning iron and burn
Chicks
The chicks are here…we ordered 25 layer chicks and 25 turkeys from Murray McMurray and we just picked them up at the post office. We got 3 calls from the post office the morning they arrived. You could tell the
6 little Piggies
The summer pigs are here! This year we went with the Berkshire pigs again. There’s a farm a little ways away from us that raises their pigs in an organically minded way. We’ve been going with them for the past
6 little Piggies
The summer pigs are here! This year we went with the Berkshire pigs again. There’s a farm a little ways away from us that raises their pigs in an organically minded way. We’ve been going with them for the past
French garlic
If you’re wondering why we haven’t checked in for a while it’s because we have started our European adventure! Today we are in Odense, Denmark for our friend Melissa’s wedding. This morning right outside of our hotel there was the
French garlic
If you’re wondering why we haven’t checked in for a while it’s because we have started our European adventure! Today we are in Odense, Denmark for our friend Melissa’s wedding. This morning right outside of our hotel there was the
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