They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Last Saturday and Sunday were the first family weekend we have had in nearly three weeks. Enjoy! Yes, she is feeding the baby chicks in her jammies. She threw up her breakfast (yogurt) and the smell was such that we felt she needed to change. Jammies were what we had on hand, so, jammies it… Continue reading Family Day
Allow me to introduce the newest critters on the farm: That's right, folks. We brought home two rams, from a farm a few miles south of here. They were born this year on Valentine's day. Their sire is a roughly 200 Lb's Navajo Churro ram (with four horns, very handsome feller) and their dam was… Continue reading Our First Sheep
Goumi berries in full bloom!
Yesterday afternoon the soil temperature was about 60°. Then it rained all night long. Barely over 50. Nothing cools the soil down like 12 hours of cold rain. Nevertheless, still warm enough for some cool season crops like radishes, spinach, lettuce. We have some seeds in the ground so we decided to feed them some…… Continue reading Worm castings, and soil temperature
Cold, blustery, rainy, gray. Typical early April day in the Pacific Northwest. But inside the cold frames, it is plenty warm enough to start some seeds.
Shaping garden beds in the early morning, just before sunrise. It is worth it.
We always have so many projects going on at any given time, but every once in a while there is a rare day that we can all come together and check off a few of them. Last Friday before Palm Sunday (Not Good Friday) was one of those days. We had a coupon for $30… Continue reading Finishing Things Friday
One of the ongoing projects here at the farm is a rainwater capture tank to catch rainwater from the roof of the shop. It is quite a large tank, so we have been preparing the bed with some care. Uncle has been doing most of the digging for the last few weeks. He has been… Continue reading The Pit and the Pad
Finished shaping the garden beds and mulching the pathways, just before sunrise this lovely Good Friday morning. Not bad looking! This is the last year we should have to do such extensive shaping. Starting this fall we will simply be top dressing with screened manure/compost (big dreams there!) and adding a few wheelbarrow loads to… Continue reading Garden Beds and Soil Temps
We had a bit of an adventure last Thursday, (actually, two Thursdays ago by the time this publishes). It was a bit of a catiwumpus day to begin with, Daddy's phone died so he slept in, then Winnie had a fever, but Mommy had to go to a tax appointment, so Daddy had to stay… Continue reading Cry Sis!
Little Farm in the Big City 