Author Archives: Reber Rock Farm

I am a passionate believer in the whole picture, which I’ll admit can often be difficult to grasp. Afterall it is one’s own point of view that shapes the picture we see, right? With the chicken MRC project closing in on the finish line and other new summer systems coming online I am not alwaysContinue reading “Smoke Sickness”

The last few days of May this week felt like summer. There is always the surprise sunburn on my ears as the sun comes out and I spend long hours in the sun and this year the burn and peel cycle felt earlier than normal. On Wednesday of this week John, Tully and I startedContinue reading “Burn and Peel”

I’ve been using a metaphor recently to answer the usual question and greeting: how are you doing? It is a common question, and often we mean it as in hello, how are you without much more than a one word response. So it is with a sense of humor that I launch into my longerContinue reading “Mouthful”

It must be May. Between the waves, hugs and sleep deprived smiles, this is a common saying in our friendly group of farmers. I would like to highlight a few of the incredible people who have made the last week possible: Racey Last week Racey has been quite sick, with a high fever for aContinue reading “Chicken is Back”

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. Did you know that you can look right at the sun when you’re wearing a welding helmet? Lovett’s creativity brought me back from my focus and hurry as we were trying to finish welding the frame of the first Mobile Range Coop (MRC), or pasture shelterContinue reading “Mothers and the Sun”

Spring is jumping, we have had over 5 inches of rain in the last week, and the sun has come out and I feel as though I can see and hear the grass growing. Our first batch of chickens are growing bigger every day, and they will be ready to process in just over aContinue reading “How You Can Help”

There is a transition that I feel in my body when spring sets in. It feels like Susu, our farm dog, looks in the afternoon as he curls up on the mudroom floor to take a nap. My body aches at the end of the day, and yet as I think back on the dayContinue reading “Big Rocks and Small Steps”

This Saturday, April 22 was the 53rd annual Earth Day, now celebrated in over 190 countries with one billion people participating around the world. I’ve had two interesting conversations in light of Earth Day that I would like to share with you. In this week’s newsletter from our friends at Birds & Beans (who sellContinue reading “Celebrating Earth Day”

This week I headed west. I don’t often associate farming with travel. But this week I was excited and somewhat apprehensive to travel west into the sunset to a farm in northern Indiana. With brooder and chicken coop building projects on the go, I felt a twinge of irresponsibility as I hopped in the car.Continue reading “Headed West”

I grew up in Boston and one of my first feelings of “independence” was riding the commuter rail by myself. The sound of trains anywhere in the world reminds me of my first few independent trips, walking to the train stop from our house, anxiously checking I was on the correct side of the tracks,Continue reading “Train Leaves the Station”