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Rain, Rain, Go Away…
We are on day three of non-stop rain. At first, it was really welcome. It had been dry and hot and we needed some rain. We just didn’t need ALL the rain that ever there was. But we got it. … Continue reading
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Hatching Chicks: An adorable, and slightly gross, photo essay
About a month ago, we started setting aside eggs to incubate. Since our original flock of Rhode Island Reds was starting to thin out, we felt it was time to start replacing those birds in order to maintain a good … Continue reading
Hand-Drawn Farm Map
In response to a request after the last post, I have done my best to draw a to-scale rendition of our little farm. Hopefully, this will clarify where everything is and how we’ve managed to stuff so gosh darned much … Continue reading
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Establishing the Back Garden
When we first moved to our little farm it wasn’t a farm at all. These two acres held a house, an open garage, and a small outbuilding with no doors that had been used as a tractor shed. There had … Continue reading
Pig and Other Pig
We made the four-hour round-trip journey yesterday to the beloved farm of our good friends, Bernie and Amie Amlaw, in West Swanzey, New Hampshire. There, we selected four of their litter of seven-week old piglets, two for us and two … Continue reading
Prepping for Piggies
It has been five and a half months since Hammy, Bacon, and Pork Chop, our beloved pigs-turned-pork, left our little farm. The details of that day remain vivid in the minds of those of us who were there. We watched … Continue reading
D.I.Y. Biodegradable Seed Planters
Y’know how when you finish a roll of toilet paper, you’re always trying to come up with a new and innovative use for the cardboard roll? No? That has genuinely never crossed your mind before? Oh. Well, let me tell … Continue reading
It’s Planting Time!
After the most seasonally-appropriate winter we’ve seen in many years, the snow has finally melted and the warmer weather has made its way to us. It’s startling how the to-do list on a farm goes from practically nothing from December … Continue reading
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Cindy the Solo Doe
Sometime last week, we made arrangements with Barb the Goat Lady to pick up the single, pregnant doe she was willing to part with. We agreed to come today (Thursday) and, therefore, had geared all of our building … Continue reading
The Great Goat Debacle
So, we have good news and we have bad news. I’ll start with the bad news. After working on the fence, almost completing it, and acquiring several truckloads of scrap wood from a friend’s fallen shed to build our goat … Continue reading
