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"...

Lillian and I joined our parents out on the land just as the sun broke free from the clouds. We were greeted by our parents hard at work,...

Family on the Farm! Concetta's sisters Suzanne and Lorraine, Lorraine's daughter Susannah, and her nephew Grant came to town to visit and...

Today the air felt bright and cool despite the the steely clouds hanging over the land. We spent a few hours moving the hens, mulching,...

The seeds have sprouted! Concetta started seeds in several trays of soil blocks a few days ago. They are hardy annual flowers, so they...

Chicken Photo-shoot! The first Saturday of my and Lillian's winter break dawned warm and clear. So of course we had to hold a...

Moving the Flock Today was moving day for our chickens. They had worn out their enclosure area, and we decided they needed greener...

Eggs! A fresh dozen of eggs awaited us today. The chickens must really like their new home! We set up a tarp shelter for the chickens. So...

The chickens have arrived! We finished up a last few details on the coop before we loaded up the chickens. We installed a water system...

Chicken coop! Fall break's starting for me and my sister, so I was finally able to visit home and help with the mobile coop. It was...

We got a gate! Concetta and Hunter cleared the Japanese honeysuckle and blackberries from the road side and sunk two posts in concrete....

Today we spent hours cutting, mowing, and hauling in crisp fall weather. The saplings are losing leaves quickly now, but we're cutting...