Wood Boiler Pad (pad is 5′ x 5′) Wood Shed Layout (the shed will be 20′ x 28′) That is our motto these days. Since things aren’t growing we have switched gears to our most current farm project and that being: Installation of a wood boiler for heating our greenhouses. The wood boiler we purchased […]
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Greenhouse 101 with cover crops seeded and mini wobblers irrigating the seed in! New washing machine and dryer installed in the barn! (click on the pictures for a full page view!) Greenhouse 102 with cover crops seeded and mini wobblers irrigating the seed in! We have installed a new washing machine and dryer in our […]
I just spent the entire weekend freeing roughly 600 strawberry plants from Henbit (Lamium amplexcaule) that is winding it’s way throughout the strawberries making it rather difficult to remove the henbit rooting system without damaging our strawberries.  I just took a package of frozen strawberries out of the freezer so that I remember just why […]
 We use a “burdizzo†to neuter our goats. PETA would probably not be happy with us for this type of castration! This method seems to work well for us as it crushes the spermatic cords and requires no tetanus shots, no possibility of infection, and it is a quick procedure lasting around 60 seconds […]
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 […]
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, […]
 Setting a post for the greenhouse  Getting ready to check level  All posts concreted and curing We got lucky that the first week and a half of March was a dry week because Alvin was able to complete the grading required for our new greenhouses. We ran into a Spring so we were […]
 Alvin in his dozer wile grading for our 4  new greenhouses         Alvin with Carl and Donna checking the level after a pass with his Dozer Alvin has some very funny phrases and this weeks phrase came out when we were discussing his new diesel truck. (The engine of his new […]
We completed building an equipment barn Spring of 2004 and once the barn was completed, we thought; “Finally! We now have a “location†for everything including those little nuts and bolts, hoes and shovels, soil mix and irrigation partsâ€; however, that didn’t prove true. We had a barn for dry storage and equipment, but every […]