What's happening around the farm.
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA, Vegetables on May 15th, 2012
I am greatly appreciating a rainy day inside. The ducklings enjoyed it outside. They are incredible bug eaters. I did a quick video of them. With two hoophouses, I could stay busy in them for several rainy days, but in addition to piles of papers around the computer, I had a very long inside To [...]
Posted in Bees, Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA, Vegetables on May 9th, 2012
Spring fever has a different connotation on the farm. It relates to a feverish pace, not to taking it easy. I planned to move the newsletter to Sunday or Monday but am now getting to it Tuesday evening only because of the drizzle. Mostly things are moving along wonderfully. We do have a couple hickups [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA, General, Vegetables on Apr 18th, 2012
“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that it doesn’t belong in a fruit salad.” I don’t know the origin of this statement. I got it off another farmer’s email. It’s been a busy week, though it doesn’t sound like much. I have about half the potatoes planted. My goal, [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA, General, Recipes, Vegetables on Mar 30th, 2012
First Mussie is setting. Our first mussie is firmly setting. Another is keeping eggs warm at night and getting ready to set firm. How can I tell? For one thing, she stays in the nest. They do need to get out once or twice a day, but anytime I look, she’s on the nest. I [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese on Mar 24th, 2012
Premier Fencing – electric poultry netting to keep 4-legged predators out, waterers, etc American Pastured Poultry Producers Association – for free-range chicken raising The Small Scale Poultry Flock – new book for “natural” or “organic” chicken raising. Also a lot of info at his site. Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens – good standard book Backyard [...]
Posted in Bees, Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA, Recipes, Vegetables on Mar 14th, 2012
March 14, 2012 New Truck!! Tuesdays should be calmer. Last week I listed major investments we still have to make this spring. First on the list was a market vehicle. Bruce Kennedy had a nice looking AWD regular van on his lot last fall we would probably have bought but it was for one of [...]
Posted in Bees, Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA, Recipes, Vegetables on Feb 22nd, 2012
First CSA plantings. Up to now all the planting and transplanting has been for the winter farmers market. The salad mixes we are planting now will be long gone before June. In contrast, the spinach we are harvesting was planted last September 25. This week we started onions, leeks, and tomatoes for the CSA. The [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA on Jan 22nd, 2012
Do you want great garden fresh, organically-grown vegetables this summer? Free-range chicken, eggs, and duck raised on Certified Naturally Grown land and feed that does not contain any medications or growth stimulants (other than good food)? Please let us know now. This year members will have the option of picking their shares up on Draper [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA, Vegetables on Jun 20th, 2011
You will get summer squash tomorrow! Don’t know how many yet. When things are in high gear, the normal allocation is 4 squash = a “point”. I will harvest and count and divide them out. Remember to look over at the product list on the right for descriptions and recipes. Looks like we will also [...]
Posted in Chickens, ducks, geese, CSA, Vegetables on Jun 13th, 2011
I personally really enjoy the cool weather, but the tomatoes and peppers sure aren’t growing much. We may have squash already though. If so, it will be “baby”. The female flowers, which are attached to the actual squash, came out the other day but I didn’t see any male flowers until today so I don’t [...]
