May is busy. May is diverse. But we don’t always have 2.5 inches of snow and 80 degrees within the same week. Mother nature is humbling, always. Safe to say, it keeps us on our toes. Here are some snippets from the past week of farm life. From snow to pasture; winter bedded pack to […]
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SnowVember
November 29, 2018 – 10:07 am
Ok…we haven’t taken accurate measurements, but we do obsess about the weather. Rough count was 23″ fallen since November 9th BEFORE this week’s storm….which had almost 8 (measured) inches Tuesday morning, plus all the rest that came. Wow, we used to describe ourselves as snow-starved before we moved back to Vermont. Check, solved that yearning! […]
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Always Busy…
November 14, 2018 – 1:19 pm
Or you could call it Mid-November chaos. First, breeding season for the pigs arrived. After a long summer vacation of grazing, fence edge clearing and lounging, the boys, Balto & Rin Tin Tin, were put back to work. Fortunately, all the moving of pigs around the property happened before the snow came, though they don’t […]
By Laura
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Resolutions
January 4, 2018 – 7:44 pm
Happy New Year! While you are hiding out from the Nor’easter and artic chill heading back to the Northeast we offer you two interesting points to ponder and perhaps to fuel your 2018 resolutions. Agritourism Consider a farmstay this year, with us or at another farm. Check out this nice article and video from the […]
By Laura
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Embracing Winter
December 15, 2016 – 10:11 am
We generally do embrace Winter around here. It is a part of Vermont we love dearly –Winter and all that it brings, especially when it brings snow. For me, there is something so calming, so cheery, so comforting about the […]
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In Praise of Tamworths
April 27, 2016 – 11:30 am
We had some snowy arrivals this week. It seems both goats & pigs were waiting until the wintery snow came back to bring their little ones into the world. Perhaps they are winter lovers, perhaps calming the world was help, perhaps that barometric pressure change…or just luck. But the birthing has begun, with more to […]
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Snow…on Oct 13th?!
October 14, 2009 – 9:49 pm
Now, we love snow…just not in early or even mid-October. The forecast said it was coming, but it was still a shock to awake to 3 inches of snow on the ground and it still coming down. Makes a farmer think they are way behind, then you remember that it is only early October. We […]