Tag Archives: farm
Waking Up the Rooster
It is 6:15 a.m. and I’ve just come in from morning chores. Some mornings are easier than others and today was one of those days. The weather plays a part, to be sure. This morning’s balmy and drizzly 46 degrees … Continue reading
applewood farm Photo Contest! (with Prizes!)
Since we opened applewood restaurant back in 2004, we’ve always featured the work of local photographers on our walls. We have tried to find photos that showed images of farms and farming, and so far we think we’ve done a … Continue reading
Poor in Farm; Rich in Friendship
In the summer of 2004, Dave and I were walking home from a seminar on organic gardening at the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn. The farmer who had spoken gave out bags of freshly-picked lettuces to everyone who came … Continue reading
Fun with Goat Kids
Now that the goat babies are six days old, they want to explore and climb on everything. They have found surfaces to climb in and around their shed including, but not limited to, the milking platform, the milking stand on … Continue reading
Getting Ready for Goat Babies (gross pic included)
When we got Cindy the Solo Doe back in early April, she was already pregnant. We were told to expect her to kid the first week in June. Goats can be like clockwork when it comes to kidding. If you … Continue reading
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
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
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
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