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Want to have a bonfire party at our farm?

Want to have a bonfire party at our farm?

So here’s the deal.  We’ve got this old barn that fell down at some unknown point in the past.  Mrs. Wilson got all the good stuff out of it (t-posts and the like) and had someone come for all the scrap metal.  We are left…

The chicks are here!

The chicks are here!

THE CHICKS ARE HERE!  This morning the post office called at 7:00 am to let us know our chicks had arrived.  Randy said he could here them peeping in the background. Our chicks are here?!?!?! After being anxious all day yesterday I was surprised to…

Planting, planting and more planting

Planting, planting and more planting

I figured I was long over due in giving an update on the Big Freeze of a week or so ago.  The good news is that plants can be surprisingly resilient!  We had some burned cabbage leaves in the greenhouse, loss of some of our…

A lot happened this January

A lot happened this January

  I cannot believe it has been almost two months since I last wrote a blog. Holy Cow, we have had a lot going on! Well for starters for those that don’t know Jo and I moved out of Memphis and on to the farm…

Punxsutawney Phil was right!

Greetings from the farm!  How are we doing?  It’s cold.    The dog’s water bowl had a thin layer of ice on it in the house this morning, so I guess it’s around 32 degrees in here.  The space heater in the bedroom is thankfully keeping…

Back on-line and on track!

Hello there!  We have had quite a hiatus from connectivity, but now we are back.  Randy got everything hooked up last night – and we may not have heat, but we have the internet (does that say something about our priorities?). A lot has happened…

Winter 2011-2012

Winter 2011-2012

Pictures from winter 2011-2012

Building the Greenhouse

Building the Greenhouse

What an exciting weekend, we got the greenhouse nearly built!  And it’s a good thing, too, because we’ll be needing it to start seedlings very soon.  Saturday morning we were at the farm before 9 am to be there for our delivery of lumber and…