by Jim | Jan 17, 2012 | General
Over Christmas break, I began building a pair of milking stands for our (hopefully) newly bred goats. Due to weather and general busyness of the holiday season, I was able to get only one stand completed. Over the extended MLK weekend, I was able to finish up the...
by Jim | Jan 17, 2012 | Gallery
Over the weekend, Liz and I put our first winter planting in. We erected our new hoop house over the Christmas holidays (pictures to come soon), and we put our first seeds into the ground over MLK weekend. This first planting is something of an experiment to see what...
by Jim | May 16, 2011 | Gallery
Yesterday, I took the opportunity — in between raindrops — to snag a few pictures of our garden for this year. Our starts are doing pretty well, and most of the seeds we’ve planted have started to germinate and sprout. The rain, cold as it was, has...
by Jim | Mar 22, 2011 | General
The return of warmer weather has been a welcome respite from the cold temperatures of winter. It’s been wonderful to go out and work around the farm in shorts and t-shirt again. It’s looking more and more like the worst of winter is finally behind us. Our...
by Jim | Feb 15, 2011 | General
When Liz and I bought and started our farm several years ago, I don’t know that I ever really expected to truly become the farmer type. What I mean by that is, I’m a bit of a geek — y’know, kind of the way a Hershey’s bar is made with a...
