We chose to use electrical fencing to contain our goats and horses. The problem with electrical fencing is that it frequently needs maintenance; fixing wire that has stretched too much, cutting away trees and brush from the fence line, and cutting down the weeds underneath the wire so that it the electrical current is not shorted […]
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I just got to thinking about the concept of a “toy†which is mostly for nourishing our souls, versus food, which is to nourish our bodies. Within the last month or so the news has been packed with “toy recalls†for lead paint. I then started thinking of Americans….. We are so concerned about lead […]
 Rainbow over our Valley. The Rainbow is coming out of Bluff Moutain, over which the Appalachian Trail Passes. This beautiful morning, without much rain, we had an amazing rainbow over our entire valley. The camera just isn’t able to capture the beauty of the entire valley, so we just can’t share what we experienced! […]
It seems that we are at that point in the season, between summer and fall, where our production level is at an all time low for the season. We worry about having enough diversity in our CSA boxes over the next few weeks because we don’t want our CSA members to go hungry! Our plan was to […]
Occasionally one encounters something in nature that causes you to stop in your tracks just to check it out. You stare for awhile, blink your eyes, and ask yourself, “Am I really seeing this?â€. That is what the Pileated Woodpecker does to us. It is a huge, amazing bird that in its quest for food, […]
 We’ve never seen such beautiful beets! Probably because this was our first beet harvest in over 4 years. It was our last beet crop that triggered us to seriously consider the “ultimate deer fenceâ€. My parents were were visiting at the time, and upon their arrival we gave them a tour of the crops […]
Partners Lauren and Killion Dun Runn Oft! (They look and talk honest… but why don’t they have integrity to follow through?????) For anyone who has seen the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? you will recognize the spelling of the phrase to “run off”. It did happen. Last night, in the middle of the night, we are guessing […]
It has been a while since I posted. We are still recovering from the devastating freeze we had early April and this week delivered our first CSA box which was much smaller than in previous years; but nevertheless, we delivered and our CSA members are fabulous because they are supporting us through this tough spring […]
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We finished the “Ultimate Deer†fencing project last fall and thought that farming would start getting easier after elimiating our crop loss to deer. (We think we have finally fenced out the deer from our fields!) We thought we were on easy street now. How wrong we were. “Easy Street” just doesn’t happen in farming when dealing with […]