Monthly Archives: February 2014

I’d Like to Tap That

Posted on February 20, 2014 by applewoodfarm

Back at the end of September, I wrote about our time spent marking the sugar maples on our property.  It was a stroke of genius on our part, since it is REALLY difficult to determine tree types when they are … Continue reading →

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And All of a Sudden, Maggie is Gone

Posted on February 15, 2014 by applewoodfarm

One of the dogs woke me up Thursday morning by pressing his giant, wet nose in my face and my very next thought was of Maggie.  It was early, maybe 5:30, almost the exact time that, just one day before, … Continue reading →

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Pigs Are Not Carpenters

Posted on February 13, 2014 by applewoodfarm

As we enter our Treat the Pig for Worms and Prep Their Shed for Piglets phase of things, we started by injecting each pig with a syringeful of Ivermectin.  This was a somewhat dire step, taken out of necessity and … Continue reading →

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Pig Worms

Posted on February 9, 2014 by applewoodfarm

Our breeding sow, Bubble, has successfully been bred. We were hoping she would get knocked up in February (although we think it may have happened at the end of January) because a pigs’ gestation is almost exactly three months, three … Continue reading →

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Chickensicles

Posted on February 5, 2014 by applewoodfarm

It snowed about 1,000 feet today and my chickens keep getting stuck in the snow. Despite the snowblown paths and the chicken bathhouse full of not-frozen ground, they continue to be mind-bendingly stupid.  They wander off-course and they cannot seem … Continue reading →

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Planning for Planting

Posted on February 3, 2014 by applewoodfarm

The weather turned briefly warm over the past couple of days. Just as patches of grass emerged through the snow and the frozen patches turned to puddles, our thoughts turned to planting.  February seems to do this to us.  It’s … Continue reading →

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