It’s been nearly two and a half years since we moved to the farm. It’s been a real adventure – tending cattle, ducks, chickens, peafowl, rabbits and various veggies and fruits. Although we had experience in each of these areas, we had never operated on this scale! Each adventure deserves a novel of it’s own…from […]
Still trying to get some order to this thing, but wanted to drop an entry about the Fall garden and some of the experiments. Kale – this has been a big success. Started seeds inside in late July/early August. In 2021, I mistakenly moved them outside after a couple of weeks and the tiny seedlings […]
As mentioned in an earlier post, our half-holstein bottle calf has slowed her intake from the bottle to nothing. She sniffs the nipple and just walks away. It wasn’t long before I caught this picture, where Brie is “sneaking a drink” while Hayseed (Buttercup’s natural calf) is getting his fill. The half-full glass is very […]
After having a very solid incubation success rate with our Blue Andalusians, we went ahead and began incubating a bunch of Khaki Campbell ducks. We had purchased our new farm, but were less than a month out from moving in. For the most part, we were overly enthusiastic and were making every effort to prep […]
Before we moved to the farm, we spent about a year ramping up our small chicken operation. We were on a piece of land that could hold chickens and my daughter was interested in expanding out, beyond the two rabbits we currently had. For whatever reason, I almost always prefer to incubate my fowl, as […]