Upon reflection, and after unloading and stacking ~240 bales this afternoon with the assistance of my oldest daughter and Kevin from 3D Farm Products, I have come to the realization that there are few things more redundant than owning both a farm and a gym membership. That got me thinking more. People are shelling out [...]
Posts Tagged ‘smallfarm’
6 Nov
David’s Eggs
Our son is responsible for the egg business, and just started selling them. It’s wonderful to see him so excited to do the work, keep the records, and care for the chickens and eggs. The text below is from the flyer that he puts into each carton (you can click here to see his webpage). [...]
25 Oct
Occupy Movement Hits the Flying T
I walked to the equipment shed a couple days ago and found that the Occupy movement had hit our farm. They weren’t as persistent as protesters in other parts of the country. By the time I’d come back from occupying my tractor seat and evicting some more Pin Cherry trees from the pastures with my [...]
18 Oct
Poison in the Pasture – Pin Cherry
Both Wild Black Cherry and Pin Cherry trees are members of the rose family commonly found in Southern New Hampshire. Pin Cherry is a common first-generation species after logging or forest fires create an opening (thus its alternate name, Fire Cherry) and is one of my chief concerns on our property. We’ve cut several [...]
16 Oct
Can Handshakes and the Internet Make Better Food?
Earlier, I explained that while I believe Organic certification has benefits for certain consumers and producers, it also has some inherent flaws and weaknesses. I believe there is a better solution for many of us. Like many of the practices we’re finding to help us make healthy and ethical choices in the ways we produce, [...]
11 Oct
Organic?
When we first started dreaming about our farm, “organic” was high in our priorities. This flows out of our family mission, to glorify God in all ways, and to live that out on our farm by raising, managing, and using His creation in a healthy, sustainable, humane, and respectful manner. Since we planned to produce [...]
4 Oct
Orchardgrass
Though the most common grass used for hay in New England might be Timothy, another very common component of baled forage around here is Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata). Unlike Timothy, which takes a bit of care to get established, Orchardgrass often finds its own way into pastures and hayfields. Propogating both by seeds and by tillers that spread from its dense, [...]
1 Oct
Tri-Dye Jam
God blessed us with some amazing fruit this year, both on our trees and in the bushes around the Flying T. We picked berries through the summer. Wild strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries were superb on the farm and in the neighborhood. Our blueberries were a bust, but two friend’s blueberry groves were absolutely amazing. We [...]
29 Sep
Adventures in Long Distance Horse Trailering, Part 1
In the last post on trailering, I explained that though our Quarterhorse (Zip) was very compliant with getting into the trailer, we had some… ahem… “challenges” loading and trailering our Haflinger cross (Jasper). Under the tutelage of our faithful trainer, Rachel, we put together a plan to teach him to load well. It was a very [...]
A Joyful Birth
