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To market to market to kill a fat pig

  • November 15, 2019
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Last night I went to bed utterly exhausted but at 1 am I woke up wide awake. I began to worry about loading the pigs up this morning to take to the butcher…
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Cody the Billy

  • November 6, 2019
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We have a new arrival in the barn yard! We purchased Cody, a registered Nubian billy goat, to join our dairy goats. He’ll be our sire and help us grow…
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Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing for Sheep

  • December 27, 2016
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  • Rory
Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing. That’s a mouthful. MIRG for short. MIRG is a system of pasturing animals to maximize pasture growth. Proponents call it farming grass. Rotational grazing is nothing new.…
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A farm needs a barn, part 2

  • July 9, 2015
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  • Rory
Construction is complete! Today we had our final inspection and we are so pleased with how everything turned out and so grateful for a competent team of builders who were…
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Our growing family

  • November 4, 2014
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We are proud to announce the newest member of our family! We welcome with love, Kubota Tractor Groves. Arrived October 25th, 2014 4:29 PM. 1,256 lbs 4 oz. 102 inches.…
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First apple

  • August 31, 2014
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  • Rory
We enjoyed our first homegrown apple from our apple orchard yesterday. The Zestar variety ripens earlier than the rest, by the end of August. It tasted similar to a Honeycrisp…
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