We’ve just wrapped up our crop planning for the year, and here’s what it looks like. This year, at least …
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Grain Bin Build
You may remember back a year or so ago (I just barely remember it) when we snagged ourselves a free …
Rye & Brassicas
So after we got all finished up harvesting our barley, we decided to put the big field (17 acres) into …
First Barley Harvest
It doesn’t seem like it’s been over a week already, but time passes quickly on a farm this time of …
Barley’s Up
The barley has sprouted, the barn and tree swallows have arrived, the grass is almost ready to graze and we …
Field Map 2015
Two years into planting all of our own crops, and the acres devoted to row-crops are slowly but surely shrinking. …
Spring Planting
Our “big” field (coming in at 17.5 acres) was dry enough to disc yesterday. You can just make out the …
Heavy and Hanging
Wingardium Leviosa! This is our new (well, used) grain bin. An 18′ bin with a drying floor and unload auger …
Planting Done
On Friday our neighbor Tim showed up with his new (old) grain drill and got all of our new pastures …
Planting Season
Well it’s finally here. We never planted any of our fields last year, our first on the new farm. The …