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The March of Spring
Sowing Springtime Late February and March are times of change. Our main focus for the past couple of months has been seed starting,...
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Apr 23, 20237 min read
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Springing into the New Year
Bed Building our New Gardens In late December, we started converting the old chicken runs into new produce gardens. The manure-rich soil...
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Feb 20, 20238 min read
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Diving into December
Chicken Champs The chickens have been on our flower garden plot for a little over a month now, and they have made a visible impact. With...
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Dec 16, 20226 min read
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Fall on the Farm
A New Pen for the Chickens The big project for late October was to move our chickens onto our flower garden. This plot of garden- our...
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Nov 10, 20228 min read
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Summertime into Autumn
Making Our Beds In late August, we were quickly headed towards the window for fall planting, for both vegetables and overwintering...
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Sep 28, 20224 min read
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The Beginning of August
Summer in Succession The summer vegetable garden is growing and producing well, helped along by consistent evening thunderstorms. The new...
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Aug 13, 20223 min read
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July, 2022
It's summer on the farm, which means hot sun, bountiful harvests, and hoping for thunderstorms. The animals forage in the morning and...
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Aug 2, 20224 min read
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A Day on the Farm
April 22 With spring in full swing on the farm, there's too much going on to blog it monthly or even weekly. So I decided to chronicle a...
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Apr 23, 202011 min read
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January 2020
The New Year The first month of the new year passed quickly. Concetta, Lilly, and I worked hard to complete all of our winter tasks....
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Jan 31, 20202 min read
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December 2019
Chicken Time After weeks of molting and (surprisingly mild) winter weather, the chickens are more eager than ever for treats. They...
Rosa
Dec 31, 20195 min read
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November 11 - 30
Fall Feast The last weeks of November were carried in on cold winds. Trees shed the last of their leaves and hunkered down to slumber...
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Dec 1, 20195 min read
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October 21- November 10
Luffas at Last After an entire season of growth, our luffas' time has come. The day before the first heavy frost was destined to hit, we...
Rosa
Nov 11, 20196 min read
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October 6 - October 20
A New Home for the Little Ones The Rhode Island Reds chicks are finally old enough to merge with the hens. We moved them in pairs from...
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Oct 21, 20195 min read
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September 26- October 5
Hibiscus Harvest Now that our hibiscus are blooming, we harvest baskets of fruit every other day. Though nowhere near as spiny as okra,...
Rosa
Oct 6, 20193 min read
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September 9-25
Little Harvests The borage and chamomile continue to mature, yielding tiny but beautiful harvests. I've noticed that the borage flowers...
Rosa
Sep 26, 20194 min read
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September 1-8
Every Day, Something New Over the summer, many parts of caring for the farm have become routine. Weeds must be pulled, zinnias must be...
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Sep 9, 20194 min read
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June 17-30
Summer Harvests The final weeks of June heralded in diverse harvests. The tomatoes's limbs would be torn off by their fat fruit if not...
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Jun 30, 20194 min read
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June 10-16
Caring for the Chickens This week we moved our chickens from the back fields to the top of the hill. Hunter hooked up the tractor and...
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Jun 16, 20193 min read
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