Seed orders

After much deliberation I have finally put my seed orders in.  For this year I put a lot of work into figuring out how much and what type of each vegetable I wanted.  First I started with a calendar of the season where I plotted out rough quantities of harvest for...

Planning and stuff

Well, besides spending all my waking time trying to get our garage and loft built, I have been trying to get planning done for the upcoming year.  I like to plan things out a lot.  I think a lot about how to optimize the variables that go into the farm venture.  There...

Rooster anyone?

One of our roosters is up for adoption. Not that he’s done anything wrong per se – we just really don’t want him anymore. The chickens this year have been the kids project, actually. They bought the chicks and all the consumables required to keep...

Garage Work

I have been doing a lot of work on the garage.  This is not the ideal season for this kind of work.  But then again, this is when I tend to have time for this kind of project so I guess maybe this is the season then?  Anyway, the weather has been quite cold. I...

Apprentice on our Farm?

Yes, that’s right:  this year we will be looking to have 2 apprentices join us for the growing season.  This is not something I’ve done before, but I am really looking forward to it.  I unfortunately never got the chance myself to be an apprentice, having...

Getting Ready for Next Year

So the last week has been a big one for me.  I was let go from my employer!  A lot of people’s reaction has been that of condolences, but for me it was time for a change.  I’ve known this was coming for some time and given my plans for next year it really...