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Garlic
We harvested our garlic this past weekend. We had planted I believe eight different varieties of garlic with varying success. We plan to save the largest of the heads to replant this Fall and to keep the rest for our personal use. Next year we plan to have garlic available around this time of year […]
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We moved the chicken tractor onto fresh ground
We moved the Chicken tractor onto fresh ground the weekend before last. Moving it with my truck when conditions allow seems more stable than with my tractor. The tractor just seems small compared to the chicken tractor but not to the 2500HD. After it was moved we hooked up the water again and put up […]
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Whole Chicken Broilers For Sale
We butchered and packaged 50 meat birds this past weekend. We had processed two batches last summer and plucked them by hand but this year I rented, from Roxbury Farm in Columbia County, a Featherman Plucker and it worked like a charm. It took me and two other people five hours to butcher, and process […]
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2013 Bee Colonies
We added another medium honey super to the colony on the left. It seems to be much stronger than the colony on the right but we have checked both hives for brood, babies, and both have brood in them so we are hoping the colony on the right catches up to the other one. The reason […]
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Summer Bugs
Here is a photo of Colorado Potato Beetles that are eating my potatoes this year. I likely started too late but once I noticed them I added Neem Oil to my spray program in an attempt to control them. They are likely going to be ready to harvest in about a month but another possibele […]
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The Simple Things
This picture may look like a simple handle fashioned to raise and lower the sides on our high tunnel, but they represent so much more. They are the culmination of finally accomplishing a task that started last year about this time. I researched and constructed the high tunnel myself but as with most projects there […]
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First apple of the season
I have been following an organic spray program recommended by Michael Phillips author of The Apple Grower the past couple of years and this year I am committed to making sure I don’t miss any scheduled spray applications. We progressed through the early spring applications that included neem oil, fish fertilizer, probiotics, etc. and have […]
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Moving pigs
Moving pigs is never easy around here. I think it is because of the ramp and have purchased an old horse trailer to move pigs to market but it is heavy and cannot be used for on farm moving. This is our proud momma moving back out to pasture after raising her babies. She had […]
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Spring Piglets
These are three new additions to our ever expanding collection of animals. The larger black pig is a Berkshire gilt that I brought onto the farm to introduce into our breeding program. My plan is to breed her with our resident Tamworth boar and raise the piglets for sale as whole hogs. The two little […]
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Pasture preparation continues
This is a 12 acre field we have been working in since we bought the farm in 2008. We have spent many hours cutting trees, dragging brush, chipping brush, etc. We had a local contractor remove the stumps and then a local farmer plow and disc the field. We are working on our second pass […]