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Communicating Complexities 27 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
Kavi Stalking We have limited communications with our dogs. They understand hundreds of words in our speech and sign language that we use on the farm for herding and other things. The dogs are also a...
Queen Anne’s Lace 27 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Queen Anne’s Lace Just another flower from my field walks. There seem to be several varieties that bloom at different times. This one is the dome headed version. Look closely – there is a solitary b...
More Chicory Flower Colors 26 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
Pink Chicory Flowers You might remember the discussion of chicory flower colors recently. Violet vs blue. Well, I’ve found two more – white and pink – out in our fields. White Chicory Flowers They ...
Granite City 23 Aug 2013 | 07:36 am
My Granite City and some of Sugar Mountain Barre, Vermont calls itself the “Granite Center of the World” however there are several other cities that lay claim to the same or very similar mottos. A b...
Hot Pigs 22 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
North Home Field Piglets Sleeping in Sun Humane treatment of our animals is very important to us. The biggest thing we’re looking forward to when we have our own on-farm slaughter is that neither the...
Black Seed Oil Sunflowers 21 Aug 2013 | 07:17 am
Sunflowers – Click for Larger View. Corn is hard to grow in our soil and climate but sunflowers and pumpkins are very easy. This variety is black oil seed sunflowers – something new for me. Generally...
Yellow Cap Mushroom 20 Aug 2013 | 08:16 am
Yellow Cap Mushroom Outdoors: 70°F/50°F Sunny Tiny Cottage: 66°F/63°F Daily Spark: If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat? Related posts: Yellow Building in Montpelier, VT Mush...
To Weed or Not To Weed 19 Aug 2013 | 08:16 am
Squash Battling Back Weeds Someone asked about how I weed all our acres of gardens. The answer is simple… …I don’t weed most of them. Mostly I grow plants that are mean enough and tough enough to ba...
Spitz Faced 17 Aug 2013 | 08:19 am
Our Berkshire Boar Spitz of the North This is Spitz, our purebred Berkshire boar of our norther herd. He came to us in the winter of 2012. My hope is to add more marbling to our Mainline herd genetic...
Farrowing Fence 16 Aug 2013 | 12:38 am
Fenced Farrowing Space This Tamworth sow chose to farrow right next to the north field pigs’s wallow which would be a bit too much mud for little piglets. Will put a fence around her nest to both kee...
