It is August, which means it is a busy time on the farm. Just this week, the 5 farmers (and a few
helpers):
- Harvested over 659 lbs of Green Beans, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Peppers, Onions, Cucumbers, Cabbage, Carrots, Beets and ……many other bits!
- Blanched, Packaged & Froze 79 lbs of Green Beans and Broccoli
- Canned 39 Quarts of Tomato Puree
- Dried Loads of Sungolds
- Moved 230 chickens and 78 turkeys (several times)
- Milked 23 gallons of milk from the goats
- Hosted 33 guests for Farm Experiences, Tours and/or Lunch
- Set over 6000 feet of electric fence (and picked it up too)
- Moved more pounds of weeds to the compost, pigs or poultry than we’d like to know
And, had 0 Bear Encounters, but 10 anticipated bear encounters while setting fence in the Raspberries for Boris & Company
This next week will have similar numbers just shifted in a few other directions. August is
Boris in the Woods, looking for Bear
bountiful. Everything is growing, the crops, the weeds, the animals, the pasture. And we try to keep up!