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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Rosa
- Sep 28
- 4 min
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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Rosa
- Aug 13
- 3 min
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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Rosa
- Aug 2
- 4 min
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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Rosa
- Apr 23, 2020
- 11 min
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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Rosa
- Feb 29, 2020
- 5 min
February
Starting from Seed With the frost date on the horizon, we've begun starting our seeds. In January, we spent many hours preparing a...
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Rosa
- Jan 31, 2020
- 2 min
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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Rosa
- Dec 31, 2019
- 5 min
December 2019
Chicken Time After weeks of molting and (surprisingly mild) winter weather, the chickens are more eager than ever for treats. They...
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Rosa
- Dec 1, 2019
- 5 min
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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Rosa
- Nov 11, 2019
- 6 min
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...
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Rosa
- Oct 21, 2019
- 5 min
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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Rosa
- Oct 6, 2019
- 3 min
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,...
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Rosa
- Sep 26, 2019
- 4 min
September 9-25
Little Harvests The borage and chamomile continue to mature, yielding tiny but beautiful harvests. I've noticed that the borage flowers...
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Rosa
- Sep 9, 2019
- 4 min
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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Rosa
- Jun 30, 2019
- 4 min
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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Rosa
- Jun 16, 2019
- 3 min
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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Rosa
- Jun 9, 2019
- 2 min
June 3-9
Rain at Last Finally, rain has rolled in to soak the parched soil. The rain has fueled a growth surge in all the plants. A new round of...
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Rosa
- Jun 2, 2019
- 4 min
May 27-June 2
Pounds of Potatoes We harvested an entire bed of potatoes this week. Despite the long battle with beetles, the plants yielded almost 40...
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Rosa
- May 26, 2019
- 5 min
May 19-26
Harvest For me, summer properly begins when I start picking a significant portion of my food out of plants instead of cabinets. So, I...
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Rosa
- May 18, 2019
- 4 min
May 12-18
Blooming Bouquets The cold-hardy flowers we planted so long ago are flowering at last! Concetta has been gathering bouquets from them for...
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