We occasionally find a volunteer squash or melon on the farm. “Volunteer” meaning we didn’t plant it… well not on purpose. Over the last few years since we’ve been on our farm, we will collect Fall pumpkins and squash from friends and neighbors. We then feed them to our animals. The pigs enjoy them, but …
We have been managing our pastures with rotational grazing for the last few years. I was out moving our ram lambs this morning and took a few photos that I thought I would share. Rotational grazing is not a difficult thing to learn or to do. It is more time intensive than open grazing (i.e. …
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I have finally gotten around to putting together a list of the products we use on the farm. We raise Katahdin Sheep with rotational grazing/holistic management. We raise mixed heritage breed pigs on pasture. We raise free-range, mixed heritage breed laying chickens. We raise Cornish Rock Cross broiler chickens on pasture in Salatin-style “chicken tractors”. …
We recently had some of our ducks and geese killed overnight. This happened last year as well. But we were never able to determine who the culprit was… fox, coyote, raccoon, opossum, owl? I had found various piles of scat (animal droppings/manure) around the pastures, but they were too indistinct for me to tell which animal …
I never ate eggplant growing up. It was just not a vegetable we used. But when I lived in Turkey for a few years, I was surrounded by eggplants. I learned to appreciate these versatile vegetables… technically a fruit, and even more accurately, eggplants are berries! Actually, I really fell in love with eggplants. They …
