Mar 24, 2016 | Farming in Winter, Spring Time, Uncategorized
Better late then never for an update of my days off. Besides some more greenhouse planting, feeding the bees, and preparing for milking season with my goats, I spent a fair amount of time reflecting on my barn. A great deal of my time of during this season, is spent...
Mar 18, 2016 | Spring Time, Uncategorized
This week brought more baby lambs and our first goat kids, dairy and pygmy. The count so far is 17 lambs and 3 kids. Wednesday I spent a few hours putting up fencing for the sheep and goats grazing the pastures. Managing pastures is one of the full time jobs that both...
Mar 18, 2016 | Fiber Studio, Gardening, Uncategorized
My boys and I brought in the incubator and filled it with 20 random eggs from our chickens. By the second week in March I should be seeing some hatching. Hatching eggs always reminds me of the story a few years back during one of our open houses. The farm is open to...
Mar 18, 2016 | Farming in Winter, Fiber Studio, Gardening, Uncategorized
This weeks weather forced me inside once again in between barn and animal care. With the boys on school break, I employed Everet’s assistance in warping the cherry loom. He doesn’t know it yet, but his assisting with the countless yards of wool thread that...
Mar 15, 2011 | Gardening, Uncategorized
Last week I was planting in my greenhouse. Greens that will sprout into spring treats. Today not so much. My germination mix from Living Acres in New Sharon did show up in anticipation of starting seeds in a month or two. Seeds arrived in the mail from Johhnys with...
