June

June 25, 2015 Vanessa White 0 Comments

Wow, the last month has been a blur here on the farm.  Mostly because of a precious new arrival, a temporary arrow for our quiver, that has stolen our hearts and stolen my sleep!  I can’t give any details, but we count it a blessing every day for however long he stays with us. The garden …

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New Livestock

May 18, 2015 Vanessa White 2 Comments

I haven’t had time to write much these days, so I thought I would share some pictures of the newest arrivals on the farm these past few weeks. The first to arrive were two Limousin heifers and a Simmental steer last Thursday.  They will be butchered for meat in the fall, unless we decide to keep …

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Fencing…

May 2, 2015 Vanessa White 0 Comments

Fencing is a never ending job on a pasture based farm.  The fences on our farm have been hastily and poorly mended for years with barbed wire for the most part and many other things including what appears to be the remains of a shopping cart. It was one of our top priorities last year to …

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Baby Chicks and a New Brooder

April 24, 2015 Vanessa White 2 Comments

Just a quick note to say that eleven chicks hatched out of 22 eggs.  Not great, but not too bad either.  Most of the ones that hatched are purebred Ameraucanas.  They lay beautiful bluish-green eggs.  Mike has made an Ohio brooder for them so that they can regulate their own temperature.  We always like to try …

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Enriching Soil With Compost

April 21, 2015 Vanessa White 0 Comments

Mike just came in as I was writing this post to say that we have another calf born!  It is too dark for a picture, but hopefully I get a chance to get one before I post this.  Update:  Here is the picture of our newest baby on the farm.  We have decided to start …

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Maple Syrup Meringues

April 3, 2015 Vanessa White 2 Comments

What treat to make for Easter weekend when you have lots of fresh eggs and it is maple syrup season?  The answer is these fabulous maple cinnamon meringues that were so easy to make and have no gluten or refined sugars.  They are still super sweet though.  The link for the recipe is here.  The …

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A Summer House for the Hens

March 31, 2015 Vanessa White 0 Comments

Sickness has plagued our family for the past two weeks, but I think we have finally shaken it!  Illness, two extra children (we are foster parents) and two birthday parties filled my time so much I did not even have time to think about the the farm and this blog. I have been blessed by one friend …

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Eggs Finally!

March 14, 2015 Vanessa White 7 Comments

  We have been getting more and more small pullet eggs.  Today our pullets laid 14!  So far we have not had a problem keeping up with eating them all.  It has been awhile since we have had our own eggs and nothing compares to the taste of a fresh egg.  If we don’t have them …

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Sourdough Bread Baking

March 6, 2015 Vanessa White 0 Comments

Since not much has happened on the farm this week (not good stuff anyway…), I decided to concede to a frequent request and give a tutorial for sourdough bread.  It has been a busy week.  We have had power outages, internet outages and a dead calf.  There is always something new to be thankful for …

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Frozen Water and Stubborn Hens

February 25, 2015 Vanessa White 0 Comments

With temperatures staying between -10 and -25 WITHOUT the wind-chill, the past few weeks have been a challenge. Every day there are frozen water taps outside to thaw or buckets to fill in the house. Next we carry them out to the animals and try not to dump any on ourselves. Then we try to …

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