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Other than some cold nights in January, winter decided to sleep in until March this year. We saw our only substantial snowfall here in Central Virginia – twice. I’m almost never one to complain about snow, and Alston finally got to use the sled Santa left him for Christmas, but it did feel a bit [...]

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It’s been a while is a bit of an understatement, but so is my excuse… We’ve been busy. The Whiskey Jar has been an absolute success, but that dilemma of plenty left Will with little time for anything else, sleep included, so the farm went on the back burner this season. I spent the year [...]

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I honestly cannot complain about this mild winter.  Sure, I miss the snow for aesthetic reasons, and I know so little cold is bad for the parasite load in our pigs and sheep, but it is so nice not having to deal with frozen water every morning, I’m just going to block out the apocalyptic implications of [...]

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So it didn’t work out with the farmer babes.  I think they were looking for a more formal arrangement than we could give under our current circumstances (i.e. ohmygod Will opened another restaurant this is so crazy), so I consider this one totally my bad.  I wish them the best of luck, and any farm [...]

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The lease for The Whiskey Jar started on Jan 1.  We’d spent New Year’s Eve with some friends, enjoying an epic dinner in DC, so despite a massive hangover, Will was dropped off at the new restaurant that Sunday at noon and I haven’t seen much of him since. He hasn’t spent a full day [...]

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Two weeks ago, my brother and his girlfriend came down from DC and stayed with us on the farm.  Jason is the reason I have an SLR camera instead of my old point and shoot, and he recently bought himself a new Nikon that he was eager to use.  All of the following pictures are [...]

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