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Last night I checked the sheep at 7 PM and there was no sign of anything. When Will rolled in at 2 AM, there were two lambs in the field, standing and walking and such. Given the rain and cold, we were concerned about whether they’d survive the night, but tired was outweighing responsibility and [...]
So it turns out I had my sows mixed up. It was Wilma who successfully gave birth, not Betty. A week later, Betty gave birth to two piglets, one was dead when we found it, and the other seemed fine. Since, according to our vet, it takes at least four piglets to sustain a pregnancy, [...]
Ok, so last year didn’t go so well. I get it, we were rookie shepherds. We weren’t prepared, had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. On some level, we deserved it. But this year? This year I’m begging for mercy. Please don’t kill any of our ewes mid-labor. No lambs too big to [...]
I’m not naturally crafty. I can’t draw a straight line and I have no sense of space when it comes to centering something or general use of scale. In college, I took notes on graph paper so as to force order upon myself. Food (and writing?) is the only arena in which I can actually [...]
After a week of turning down play dates and dinner invitations because “I’m on piglet watch,” Betty Wilma had her litter either Saturday night or Sunday morning. When I checked on her Sunday morning, I found six nursing piglets and outside of the house was a dead and very cold piglet. Six out of seven [...]
I was able to harvest about a half bushel of cabbages from our fall planting. I need to admit that, shy of coleslaw, I pretty much never cook cabbage. Next I’ll admit to only liking iceberg lettuce, I know, I deserve that. I’d recently purchased Tender by Nigel Slater, which is officially my new favorite [...]
Will’s take on the Farm
- A catch up letter to good friend and former farm helper Jon. September 5, 2011Dear Jon, I will never have someone to help me down here on the farm that worked as hard or was as much fun to work with as you were. We rocked almost an acre of produce with just the two of us and a few hoes… A single plowing from a tractor, a couple of […]
- Garden Journal #3 August 3, 2011Things to remember for next years Spring and Summer planting. The Golden rule: thin more, seed less. I need a better Tomato trellis system, the post and cord method was fine but not great, I will try to make some cages, which is my favorite method but costly, I will also try a post and fence […]
- Garden Journal Entry#2 April 19, 20114/20/11 Today I finished planting the first of three rows in what we are calling the Pond Field which is about a quarter of an acre. Near the South end of this field I created another bed of 6 rows in which I planted English Peas, Radishes, Spinach, Kale, Arugula and Romaine. This is a partly shady […]