So many new arrivals this week. Yes, indeed, piglets have been one of them. Madison delivered in the wee hours of Friday morning. While she, and the farmer nurses, have had a rough go of it, she and her 5 piglets are now doing well. She struggled with her delivery and it had a notable […]
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Irene
September 1, 2011 – 2:28 pm
We feel so lucky to be high in the hills. We are grateful to our team, friends and neighbors for help getting ready for the storm. The new generator ensured all the freezers and fridges kept going. The 150 3-day old chicks enjoyed the dining room, especially the cozy fire in the woodstove once the power […]
The Farmers Return
June 30, 2011 – 2:57 pm
Keyline Plowing
June 8, 2011 – 2:52 pm
In the next week we are going to begin some messy projects! The dig will begin for Laura’s parents’ home on the hill and we are initiating some serious tree cutting, restoring the former pasture and fields where young succession forest has taken over. In the wake of the mess we’ll be rich in chip, […]
Status of Your Gardens
May 23, 2011 – 9:25 am
Somewhere around 6am Thursday our phone will ring. It will be Wayne at the Post Office and he will be accompanied by cheeps and chirps. We are ready for the first 50 broilers of the season, a small batch designed to delight you with fresh chicken in approximately 8 weeks. Meanwhile they will spend their […]
Animal Love
February 15, 2010 – 12:54 pm
The week leading up to Valentine’s day was an eventful one. On Wednesday we orchestrated the great pig move: Doodle said goodbye to her piglets and took a ride in the trailer up to the barn, where she traded spaces with Tic and Toe. The juggling act of moving Tic and Toe into their holding […]
Doodle’s Piglets
December 29, 2009 – 5:56 pm
Yes, it may seem as if we are only pig farmers if you read this blog lately. We promise to share other farm stories, but it is true that with 3 sows farrowing in November and December, the pigs are quite prominent. Santa came early and Doodle delivered her piglets on Monday, Dec 21st, right […]
Giving Thanks
November 26, 2009 – 7:48 pm
We try to hold gratitude as part of our daily life, but certainly holidays in general and especially Thanksgiving, remind us to take a step back and consider how fortunate we are. This Thanksgiving, we find ourselves thankful for many new things in addition to good health, lovely friends and supportive family. We get to […]
Risk, the Runt
November 15, 2009 – 9:28 pm
Risk seemed like an appropriate name for our littlest, runty piglet as we took him away from his six rambunctious siblings and Fife this morning. Risk is 1/3 the size of the others, if that, and now that Fife’s other 6 piglets are scampering about, wrestling and chewing on each other, the runt was getting […]
Mis en Place*
November 10, 2009 – 11:16 pm
Fife, just 24 hours into motherhood, grunted to urge back the wandering piglet. Simultaneously she used her snout to toss some straw into the corner of her farrowing hut, where the pile of straw combined with heat lamps keep the squiggly bunch of eight piglets warm. We farmers worry if it is warm enough but […]