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10.22.2010 An ADD kind of Day

So, it’s Friday. It’s beautiful, though a bit windy. I just couldn’t concentrate on much of anything. After moving and feeding the chickens and feeding and working the horses, I looked around my farm...

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1.20.2011 Kevin’s a girl!

Yesterday, I drove up to the valley and purchased some organic feed for the horses and chickens. I want to see if there’s a difference in the taste of the eggs. I also want to find out if taking...

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4.5.2011 Farm Stuff you won’t find in farming books

In case you wondered, a farm auction is an all day endurance event. No matter what the signs say. Forget your dreams of a snagging a great deal by noon and getting back to the farm with your prize with...

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The Making of a Chicken Tractor

I created the  drawing with Google’s Sketchup©. So far WordPress© wont let me upload the original Sketchup file so that it can be downloaded. But I’ll work on that. Materials: Item...

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2.26.2012 February? More like March. Really!

Those howling winds I mentioned in my last post continued all night and all the following day.  In fact, they did not subside until dusk on Saturday.  Which is about when I found this: It was...

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10.23.2012 Gotterdammerung

Sunday evening, the weather geeks started wetting their pants.  Weather models were suggesting that in 7 day’s time, a massive freak, hurricane/noreaster hybrid storm would slam into the east coast....

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4.25.2013 Wild things I bet you didn’t know about poultry

After three days of repairing, refitting and relocating chicken tractors and poultry netting, it’s finally done.  The flock is back on pasture! Now, I say back on pasture, but on in reality, the...

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June 7, 2013 Tropical Storm Andrea brings a rush of planting and a surprise

Tropical Storm Andrea stopped by today.  She filled up the pond and watered the gardens.  She kept the chickens hunkered in their tractors with nothing to do but lay eggs.  She made the ducks very...

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