A Farmer’s Guide to Planting and Protecting Trees Trees are the backbone of a healthy ecosystem Planting trees is wonderful. Every day during the growing season trees pull carbon out...
Edmund Brown |
Cider Apples Fruit is the Foundation of Great Cider Over the past few years hard cider has become more widely available, and some small amount of it even tastes decent....
Garth Brown |
Hog Panel Trellis Hog Panel, Hog Wire, or Cattle Panel: Whatever the Name, It Makes a Great Trellis About Hog Panels Also known as "cattle panel" or "hog wire," hog...
Garth Brown |
The most recent addition to the farm is a lop-eared bunny named Acorn. She lives in an open bottomed hutch on the lawn, where she passes her days eating grass...
Garth Brown |
Gazing upon the forty-two thousand pounds of broccoli that is currently sitting in palletized stacks of boxes down by my driveway raises some questions: questions about the intricate supply chain...
Garth Brown |
One of the particular joys of this spring has been the return of visitors. Over the past month a steady flow of grandparents has passed through the farm, and as...
Garth Brown |
The commonplace is easy to take for granted. For example, I imagine that I would be thrown into an endless state of rapturous wonder if I saw a pterodactyl flapping...
Garth Brown |
I have recently suffered a devastating blow. I like to think of myself as stoic, as someone who calmly accepts the difficulties that are an inevitable part of being alive....
Garth Brown |
By Garth Brown One wonderful thing about my dog Oban is that he didn’t notice that I forgot his seventh birthday last month. Of course, he forgot it too, and...
Garth Brown |
By Garth Brown On a happy farm animals rarely go through fences. Ideally, fences keep animals where they should best be at a particular time for their own health and...
Garth Brown |
By Garth Brown The farm has a particular character as winter settles in, with smoke blue clouds and purple forests set off by snow so bright it looks like more...
Garth Brown |
By Garth Brown Nothing makes a farmer’s heart sink like the sight of livestock charging across a neighbor’s field; a fence is easy to take for granted until the moment...
Garth Brown |
By Edmund Brown Last week in the newsletter Garth used a photo I took of our pigs in the woods. The lead photo in all its anodyne glory shows a...
Garth Brown |
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