My husband and I have lived in the country for almost a decade. I was chatting with another rural dweller yesterday, and we laughed a bit about how our lifestyles haven’t really changed that much with isolation. We are used to staying home. After all, we moved to the country for the peace and quiet… Continue reading A View From the Farm
Category: Growing
Birds, Bees and Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry is the poet of farmer and nature dweller alike. He is my favorite writer, poet, fiction, nonfiction, and I’m excited to say he liked my tweet. For World Poetry Day, I linked to the Mad Farmer Liberation Front: Ask the questions that have no answers. Wendell Berry Mad Farmer Liberation Front https://t.co/JPDN0LOPyP #WorldPoetryDay —… Continue reading Birds, Bees and Wendell Berry
Upgrading the Infrastructure & Adding
Two major “buildings” have been added to the farm since January. The first, a high tunnel, is an unheated greenhouse that allows us to extend the growing season in both the spring and the fall and grow tropicals including ginger and turmeric. We received it as part of a grant program from the National Resources… Continue reading Upgrading the Infrastructure & Adding
Cautiously Optimistic
In my last bee post in June, I mentioned the weak hive. My remedy of putting in a few frames of brood from my other hive did not work. The next time I went into the hive, it had been heavily invaded with wax moths. There evil invaders take advantage of weak hives. Normally, the… Continue reading Cautiously Optimistic
Farmer Bob Featured
A nice article about the local farmer’s market that features Farmer Bob!
Bee Log Plus
I’ve been keeping an eye on the hives, and one of them has been noticeably inactive compared to the one on the left. A few bees coming and going. I haven’t been able to get down to open the boxes: it’s either raining or just too hot. But, today was pretty perfect for putting on the suit and… Continue reading Bee Log Plus
First Day of Spring
Another winter is exiting in a flurry of mud and fluxuating temperatures. It seems a very long time since my last post. Life on the farm always has its ups and downs. We lost a few pigs this winter and it’s always sad. And, today, we saw the fox that has been picking off our… Continue reading First Day of Spring
August!
August has arrived very quickly, it seems to me! The weekly updates I promised got lost in my my work travel and the farm. We are taking produce to two markets each week. We are in Claremont, Virginia, on Fridays from 6 to 8 PM, at the Claremont Circle Store. Then, Saturdays, we attend the… Continue reading August!
Five Months Later
It was a tough winter here at the farm. We didn’t get a lot of snow but the freezing temperature required extra work keeping pigs and chickens war, keeping water from freezing and worrying about the bees. I’m happy to say that both hives survived and are now busy making honey! I added a queen… Continue reading Five Months Later
Piglets!
Some video for your enjoyment: