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.
Sometimes the disorder gets too much, so we have to clean up a little. This happened recently when we bought a load of chicken and hog feed. Before we could unload it we had to re-organize a bit. Finally got the scythes up on the wall where they can hang out of easy reach of… Continue reading Miscellany
This post was accidentally sitting in my draft queue for the last three weeks. Here it is, the end of May. Look who decided it was time to sit on her nest. She's been laying eggs since the beginning of March, but not sitting on them. We stopped taking the eggs at the beginning of… Continue reading Bye Bye Geese
Steers are on the North Pasture now, as of Monday, 5/5/2025. Beautiful green grass, so juicy and tender looking, I almost want to eat it myself. Uncle Adam running loads of mulch with a wheelbarrow. And when I say "running" I mean actually running as fast as he can. Since we overturned and rebuilt the… Continue reading Morning Chores and Miscellany
Quick project just to make watering the sheep and cows easier. And by easier, I mean automatic, nine months out of the year.
I told Winne "Someday, when you are big, you will be able to pull the strings off the bales all by yourself." No! Me do it! Help! I did it!
My view from inside the barn this morning.
With the rain that has been falling semi-regularly for the last month our pastures are starting to green up nicely, but not really putting on the height like they did in the spring. I am afraid we may have overgrazed them a little this summer. That's okay. We are learning what the carrying capacity of… Continue reading Back on Grass
Not really farming related, but this is a project that’s been in the works for some time. Not quite ready yet of course, have a few things I want to add over the next few months. Good enough to get started making some gainz.
We pruned our elderberries back to the stumps earlier this year, (along with the mature cherries, which, incidentally, produced a much better crop this year than they did last year). Look at that majestic shrub! And the two purple-leaf varieties are doing quite well too. What we have learned from this is that the Elderberry… Continue reading Younger Berries
Little Farm in the Big City 