Or at least what’s left of it, no? Alas, the garden is in, the farm is popping, the chicks are growing and all.the.ducks are setting their clutches (as they do). It’s been a whirlwind of a couple of months here, both farm related and non-farm related. I’d wager a guess, though, that no one wants to read all the nitty…
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A few years ago, after years without a Roo, we added a beautiful Jersey Giant Roo to our mixed flock. Rosco is the sweetest boy and a good sire and we are so very grateful for our closed loop. He and a handful of our hens have gone rogue and set up little clutches of babes around the farm from…
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Pruning last year’s growthTo make space for focused energyAnd the potential for future abundanceUnder unseasonably warm skies Snip, drop, stepSnip, drop, step Gather up the fallen partsPut them in a pileAnd feed them through the chipperSo they can nurture future growth There’s a metaphor in there somewhere. Everyone is talking about the weird weather…Offering grunts and nods and shakes of…
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January must have been the longest year ever, don’t you think? All kidding aside, I’m glad for the turning of a page, even if it’s just a page in the 2025 calendar. January brought us our coldest night yet (-19*), lots of frozen water alongside a bit of wood chopping, a few snow flurries and a lot of sunshine. Despite…
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Since beginning to work with and on the land all those years ago I’ve come to look at August as The Month From Hell. Everything happens at once and the weeds are out of control and it’s so freakin’ hot and I’m just so very tired and there’s so damned much to do and it truly seems as though that…
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Years ago, while I was still working in support of local agriculture and not a full-time farmer myself yet, I had many profound and insightful conversations with a wide diversity of Farmers at every Market, but one conversation has come back to me over and over again and came to the top of my mind again this week. As I…
