The first farm assets that Nathan and I owned were horses, before we even had a farm. We were inspired by Chad’s team of logging-turned-farming horses that we drove at Essex Farm when we all worked there. They were calm and sure footed, easy-keepers, as the saying goes. Nathan had also spent time with horsesContinue reading “Name our foal!”
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Shop pet treats
We’re writing in a quiet house today. Our two kids have gone down to Cape Cod with their grandparents, so we’ve gone from a house of 5 adults and 2 children to 3 adults. We slept in this morning. ‘Til 8:30. Luxurious. While we’ll miss them, their departure gives Nathan and I a bit moreContinue reading “Shop pet treats”
Healing
With Nathan still doing important healing work on his back, we’re keeping things going with lots of creativity and help. The kids do chores with Racey before school somedays. Chad and Gwen provide the all-around back up support and knowledge about everything and anything (chicken chores, fixing waterlines, brainstorming, troubleshooting, short-term planning) on top ofContinue reading “Healing”
Foul Weather
Late spring is exhausting. I always forget, and wonder to myself at just about this time each year, “Why am I so overwhelmed?” This week was a doozie, and I (Racey) am writing because Nathan is flat on his back with debilitating sciatic pain. We started the week with the news that Nathan’s Grandma hadContinue reading “Foul Weather”
Chicken is back
Farming in the Adirondacks means you only have green grass for about half the year. We can push this number with some season extension tricks but the bottom line is if you believe in the values of raising your animals outside and on pasture, the winter months are not for raising chickens on pasture. ThisContinue reading “Chicken is back”
The Best Kind of Help
Spring is in full swing and some days it feels like summer. As a business owner, as a parent and as the only full time worker on the farm, some days it feels like I’m always behind. In the early days of the farm we often had multiple summer interns that would help out. IContinue reading “The Best Kind of Help”
Seriously Pastured Chicken
May is always confusing. We started April with some sunny and 70 days, and then we quickly returned to rain and snow. As our chickens grow and fill up the shelters on pasture we commit ourselves to whatever the weather and field conditions bring. Farming in the north east, especially in the Adirondacks, means weContinue reading “Seriously Pastured Chicken”
Call to Order
Happy May, and this means spring is in full swing. We’ve had over 4″ of rain so far in April, which started off with complaints of dry weather and has ended with puddles. Spring is also a time for me to get things in order. New systems are created like the new brooders to houseContinue reading “Call to Order”
Battle of the Seasons
I am obsessed with weather. Our children attend a wonderful little Waldorf school that is just down the road from us, close enough that on the warm days we’ll ride our bicycles to school. Waldorf education, and Gregg the Kindergarten teacher in particular, uses stories to spark imagination of the children and to engage theirContinue reading “Battle of the Seasons”
Non-GMO, Conventional & Organic: What Do They Mean?
You are what you eat. We live by this old adage. We started our farm based on the principles that we have that define what we eat. For beef animals this is an easy choice: they eat grass and only grass. Ruminants and their complex stomach system are designed to be take the complex celluloseContinue reading “Non-GMO, Conventional & Organic: What Do They Mean?”
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