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, [...]
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 [...]
Today Jamie finally got around to “planting” the rest of her mushrooms. Earlier this week, she planted her morels where the old pig-pen was. That basically consisted of crumbling the inoculated peat moss around and lightly working it into the soil. Today, she did brown shiitake and oyster. They were a little more complicated.
First, you start by [...]
It’s hard to even know where to begin. This week was so intense. On Sunday our new steer was delivered. We were told to keep him in the stall in the barn for a week or two until he knows this is his home. A few hours after he was closed in, we saw him [...]
It has been a busy week. Yesterday was a nice spring day, we did a number of small chores, but nothing major. The absolute highlight of the day was having Mike take us on our own personal wagon ride around the property. Ever since we started dating, even back before we had [...]
In November 2008, we decided to make a dramatic change in our lives, buying a small family farm in Eastern CT.
Mike and I have always enjoyed cooking, making things, growing things, raising animals, and traveling and exploring our local community. Seven years ago, we bought a 300 year old house in Central CT which [...]