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A Week of Arrivals

Arrivals has been our theme this week…and the week isn’t out yet! It started with our first load of lovely hay… a nice full trailer on Sunday afternoon.  Always a moment of joy and “Oh, unloading that is now on the to do list?!!”.  Thanks Walt, it is lovely. Followed by the first of three […]

New Arrivals!

It has been a busy week of arrivals! From Green Mountain Heritage Farm we picked up the newest Green Mountain Girls  –  three piglets that will be our new breeding stock.  They are only 6 weeks old now, cuteas buttons, but will become our future sows!  They are in the upper barn but about to […]

Greens and Valore Galore

Déjà vu. The radar showed purple, Northfield Farmers Market was cancelled and the radio alerts brought us back to a year ago when we retreated to the basement during tornado warnings. No hail this time for us but the rage of these storms is sobering. The Cornish Cross chicks (a.k.a. the Adirondacks) became soaked and […]

Irene

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 […]

Status of Your Gardens

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 […]