Jamie had gone out to the coop to get some eggs this afternoon and she noticed that one of our cows (the one we call “Big Momma”) had gone into labor. She could see a hoof and a tongue. She got me and after a couple hours, laboring was going well but the calf wasn’t [...]
Today was so exciting. I love getting feedback and learning how the fruits of our labor turned out. We were hoping that our pigs would be in the 200-250 pound range for live weight yielding about 150 pounds of “retails cuts” including the fat and organs. Well, I am very proud to [...]
Here are three movies, two of us putting our bees in their hive and another of Jackson driving the tractor.
Enjoy!
On Friday we were able to get all of our transplants that we purchased from a few local nurseries in the ground. We planted a 50 ft row of peppers and eggplants, tomatoes (2 rows), and herbs and brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, etc). There are a few more plants we would like to get; some basil, [...]
Spring has come fully to our farm. Everything is in bloom and the trees are just about to change from the fuzzy green of new buds to the fully leafed out splendor that will let us know summer is on its way. We are finally beginning our transition from the constant influx of [...]
This weekend, I was able to get the tiller hooked up to the tractor again to work on the garden. We’re officially 2/3 complete (the pigs are still in the last third). The tiller really does make short work of turning the ground, but there were a ton of rocks and boulders. Using the bucket [...]
Friday morning was spent putting away all four pigs in the rain and reinforcing their stalls. The big pigs escaped easily as we did not do a good job of securing their fencing when we moved them last week. The little pigs were loose in the barn, bothering our poor turkeys who are in the [...]
We went and picked up our little black lamb today. When we got him home, the cows were sooooo nosy, they wanted to check him out. The two sheep didn’t seem to care, so our little lamb has decided to hang with the cows and did so all day. He is very cute, but like [...]