Old Dogs, Old Tricks
Edmund went away for a long weekend, which meant I was on livestock duty and also that the animals weren’t on their best behavior. On Friday I was drinking my...
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Old Dogs, Old Tricks
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Breaking All The Rules
Later this summer Alanna and I will be heading out to Arizona to celebrate her grandparents’ wedding anniversary. Deer season isn’t open out there in early August, so I’ll have...
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In the Fall
It looks like we're going to get a good apple crop this year. There are numerous wild apple trees spread around my farm, and last autumn was abysmal. One single...
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Beer from Scratch
Until today I hadn’t brewed beer for about ten years. But last fall’s cider was terrible, and the new batch is still months and months away, so I took the...
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5.5 : 1
So obviously I got the analysis I wanted even if the sought after ratio isn't *quite* what I hoped for. The ratio of 5.5:1 omega 6:3 is not superb, but...
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New Babies
Since moving to the farm I’ve had cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks. But until two days ago only the first of these had ever been born on here....
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Argh.
Two months ago I wrote a post about our pigs' feeding protocol and the possibility that it would result in a healthier balance of fats than that found in the...
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Hoop House Tomatoes
Right before moving up here, Alanna and I lived on the north fork of Long Island. We spent a lot of time with our good friends at Oysterponds Farm, hanging...
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Grazing Animals
The two primary species of animals moved from their winter quarters to fresh green fields a few weeks ago. When they're on pasture the cattle move to fresh grass every...
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The Meals of Just-ish: A Sick Joke
If you are new to the blog, this post explains what's going on. You may have noticed that, while I have largely followed the edicts set forth in Judge Hodgman’s...
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The Early Garden
The garden is at a particularly frustrating stage; lots of veggies have been started, but aside from asparagus and a few kale and sage plants that miraculously over wintered, there...
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What's in a Name?
Occasionally I wish we'd chosen a different name for our farm. Its two pressed together consonants is just foreign enough that many people miss-hear me when I tell them the...
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Rhyme, Not Reason
I fly into a rage whenever I read that meat from grass-fed or pastured animals is uniformly tough. I’m going to throw my computer through a window the next time...
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Holistic Management
Farmers make many, many decisions about how to conduct their business every single day. I've found the rubric of "Holistic Management" to be immensely useful. Its process can help to...
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