In the perennial battle against invasive biennial weeds, I’ve been doing a little bit of experimenting. After last year’s failed …
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Winnebeggo build – part 2
When I last wrote, the Winnebeggo looked a bit like this: With the sheathing and the roof on, it went …
Spring crunch
Grass is growing. Cows are grazing. Pigs are wallowing. Farmers markets are starting up. (Eagan, we’re looking at you.) Eggmobiles …
Fencing Organizer
It’s spring, which means that there’s been a lot of fencing going on around the farm. Lots of fencing means …
.33 Pig Trough
It’s been two years since I made some of these pig troughs out of an empty 55 gallon barrel and …
Testing Forage Moisture
The last time we bought hay I bought one lot of winter rye baleage on a whim. Turns out that …
Chicken Coop Controller: Part 1
So here it is, the depths of winter, time to get working on a long-neglected farm 2.0 project: the chicken …
Rollout Nest Boxes
Well, it’s spring and we’ve got 120 chickens laying eggs like it’s going out of style. The little 8-hole nest …
Wood Sled
We’re officially into March now, but it looks like we’re just beginning to kick the coldest part of the winter. …

Jowl Bacon!
You may be under the impression that we, as meat producers, eat a big rib-eye steak every night. On the …