Category Archives: Farm Life

The Road to Guilford…..

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

  Today was a day of taking the road to Guilford to our butcher with a load of pigs and sheep. I am always asked if I feel sad when taking the animals to be processed. I can answer it … Continue reading →

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Getting our ducks in a row (QUACK!)

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Winter is coming. At some point we will have snow, cold temperatures, and howling winds. We don’t let these mild temperature lull us into a sense of putting off getting our feed into place for our animals. For the first … Continue reading →

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The weather changes weekly

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

It isn’t really buried, that would take a whopper of a snowstorm for that to happen. Wednesday November 23 was the first significant snowfall for the upcoming winter. (Technically it is still fall) We received about 8-10 inches of snow. … Continue reading →

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Unloading marshmallows

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

As we prepare for winter we are moving hay slowly to the farm. We get around 200-300 square bales from one of our fields. We also get 30-40 wrapped round bales from Blue Ribbon Farm in Mercer. These bales look … Continue reading →

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Getting ready for the season

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

It is hard to believe that Christmas is not very far away. Sunday, the boys and Angel spent the day making gift baskets of jam, jelly, pickles and maple syrup. Angel found a shrink wrap kit and started putting them … Continue reading →

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