We look forward to this moment every spring…. When we get to move the big herd of pigs out of their winter paddock located near the top of the farm and onto the grazing pastures toward the back of the farm. It’s truly one of the most glorious sights to behold! But...
We don’t do sales very often. And that’s not because we don’t want to! It’s just that we don’t usually have enough inventory for sales because we generally sell out so quickly! But, every rule has an exception… Every now and then, we have a little more going on in...
I still get together annually with my two best friends that I first met when I was 4 years old. Last week, one of them visited us with his family for the afternoon, and after we ate lunch, we walked around the farm together. They loved seeing the pigs wandering...
With spring arriving in full force last week, the fields are starting to dry up nicely, which means it’s officially time to get the animals relocated to the back fields to start their summertime pasture rotations. The laying hens are the first to make the big move,...
I heard a little commotion in the kitchen this week. I ignored it, figuring the sound wasn’t loud enough to be coming from an injured farmer, and anything else at that moment didn’t much concern me. A few hours later, though, I heard another round of thudding and...
We were already spending what felt like every waking moment outside working with the animals and building up the infrastructure for the farm. So the idea of gardening and spending more time sweating through my clothes with my knees scraping through the dirt, felt like...
