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Freedom Rangers, Goats and more

Freedom Rangers, Goats and more

Life on the farm has been as busy as ever!  Two weeks ago 100 Freedom Ranger chicks arrived and we have just moved them out onto pasture in the safety of the chicken tractor where they are already happily eating clover, weed seeds and any…

Winter Kill Cover Crop = Epic Fail

Winter Kill Cover Crop = Epic Fail

I am often solicited for gardening advice by customers at the farmers market.  We are more than happy to help when we can.  Home gardeners are great farmers market customers because they are hooked on the taste of home grown veggies that you just can’t…

Winter Kill Cover Crop = Epic Fail

Winter Kill Cover Crop = Epic Fail

I am often solicited for gardening advice by customers at the farmers market.  We are more than happy to help when we can.  Home gardeners are great farmers market customers because they are hooked on the taste of home grown veggies that you just can’t…

Nibbled Veggies and Pest Prevention

Nibbled Veggies and Pest Prevention

Last week you may have noticed that someone else was nibbling around the edges of your bok choy leaves.  While we would love it if every leaf we harvested was 100% perfect, we accept a certain amount of cosmetic pest damage as normal.  Just because…

Pig Huts

Pig Huts

So we had some questions about our pig huts. I decided to go ahead and write a blog post that way I can just point folks to it. If you have any questions feel free to email me here. Click on the picture to open…

First CSA of 2014

First CSA of 2014

There is nothing we farmers enjoy more than complaining about the weather, and this winter has not left us short on material.  We were grateful to have the high tunnel in November of last year when winter came early, and we are equally grateful to…

Pertinacious Pigs and Hooligan Hens

Pertinacious Pigs and Hooligan Hens

We have been spying on the livestock.  It must be the month of misbehaving because all of our critters are up to no good.  Last week we installed a new waterer for the pigs, one that they can’t just flip over and dump out when…

2014 Spring Farm Open House

2014 Spring Farm Open House

April 26: Spring Open House and Bonfire Party! We are happy to invite all of our CSA members, customers and friends to join us for our annual spring open house on Saturday, April 26th from 5:30 pm until the fire goes out .  Come see…