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...

Starting from Seed With the frost date on the horizon, we've begun starting our seeds. In January, we spent many hours preparing a...

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....

Chicken Time After weeks of molting and (surprisingly mild) winter weather, the chickens are more eager than ever for treats. They...

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...

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...

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...

Hibiscus Harvest Now that our hibiscus are blooming, we harvest baskets of fruit every other day. Though nowhere near as spiny as okra,...

Little Harvests The borage and chamomile continue to mature, yielding tiny but beautiful harvests. I've noticed that the borage flowers...

Every Day, Something New Over the summer, many parts of caring for the farm have become routine. Weeds must be pulled, zinnias must be...

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...

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...

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...

Pounds of Potatoes We harvested an entire bed of potatoes this week. Despite the long battle with beetles, the plants yielded almost 40...

Harvest For me, summer properly begins when I start picking a significant portion of my food out of plants instead of cabinets. So, I...

Blooming Bouquets The cold-hardy flowers we planted so long ago are flowering at last! Concetta has been gathering bouquets from them for...

Today was my first time on the farm in several weeks, thanks to school and sickness. When I returned, my family and the warming weather...

Chick Check-In The young chickens (aka pullets) are doing grand. We gave a few of the biggest a little time outside today. It was too...

Brand new chicks have joined our flock! Today we welcomed 32 young chickens to the farm. They are heritage and rare breeds raised on Egg...

Potatoes Today we planted blue, red, and gold potatoes. If you've ever forgotten a potato in the pantry, you've probably seen the "eyes"...