One of our newest additions to the farm Ni-Do! He came to us from Quit Yer Belly Achin Acres. He will be our new berkshire boar as we begin a new line of breeding next year:)
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Summer is in full swing! Around here that means it is time for honeydew & "honey do":) The honeydew melons have been planted...but the "honey do" lists tend to go on and on and on:) We almost always seem to be in the middle of a dozen projects at the same time barely taking time to realize one is complete before two more have taken its place. At the end of the growing season we will (hopefully) take the time to enjoy not only the honeydew, but also all the we "honeydid" this summer. But for now...it is time to tackle the next project:)
Spring is wonderful time of new life and hope and green. It can also come with losses, difficulties, and mud!
As much as we would like for every animal born on our farm to survive, there are losses, definitely one of the hard parts. For those that survive there are necessary procedures to insure their health and safety (in our case we do very minimal procedures, but castration for the piglets is one of those procedures) and that can be another hard part of farming. Then because we are a small family farm we can only keep so many to finish here on our farm, so we need to sell the others to others who we hope will care for them as humanely as possible. Again while we know that it is best for all the animals involved, it is still another hard part. Yes, in farming there are some wonderful parts and some harder parts! Sprinter...January 108th...It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...they closed Wisconsin...just some of the comments I have seen and heard the last couple of days:) The 2 photos below were taken a day apart, from winter white to spring green within 24 hours. Here's hoping spring has finally decided to stay!!
We just recently celebrated our Farmiversary, the anniversary of the day we bought our farm:) It was fun to look back and see all that has changed for us and especially good to realize again that we made the right choice to move here:) Farming in any capacity is not an easy life, but we are grateful to have this opportunity!
We have become big fans of bartering over these last couple of years. In trade for our products we have received other meat products (lamb, beef, fish, venison), sweets (baked goods & honey), help on the farm, scraps of produce to feed our animals, ceramic products, and even a partial drum set! We have also benefited from these trades in the contacts, conversations, and connection that this type of "payment" creates:) We look forward to many more trades in our future!
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of our family, friends, and customers who have supported us for another year! We continue to learn and grow each year on the farm:) We truly appreciate the chance to grow our own food and share locally with others! Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
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