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Dark Water Ranch -
Saturday January 15, 2011 - By shepherd
Today we took advantage of the warm weather. We loaded up on lumber supplies and hauled them back for later work. We also started plans for the new chicken tractors. We plan to have seperate tractors for each breed, so that our new chicks will all be pure bred...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday August 03, 2010 - By Chris
We've finally started work on our newest pasture. This particular pasture is about 2/3 of a mile down the road...not far at all. We've finally "tamed" the pasture that we acquired laste year--meaning all of the invasive trees have been...
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Sweet Harmony Farm -
Wednesday March 03, 2010 - By Mona
Last Thursday, New Hampshire, and most of New England and New York were hit with yet another seriously strong storm. The weather forecasters talked about it for days; you’d think the apocalypse was coming. They’ve been pretty wrong quite a bit...
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Sweet Harmony Farm -
Saturday January 23, 2010 - By Mona
Oh what an absolutely beautiful day today! The sun has been shining and not a cloud in the sky. The sky is so blue, blue, blue making this weeks’ additional 1 foot+ snowfall look so white, white, white. Best of all it’s been just above...
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Sweet Harmony Farm -
Wednesday January 06, 2010 - By Mona
We have had gentle snowfall for 6 days now. We’ve probably picked up close to another foot of snow. At least it’s come in small increments so it makes it easier for us to clear the driveway and pathways around the house and down to the barn and...
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Hurricane Farm -
Sunday December 13, 2009 - By Chris
A couple of weeks back we had about what seemed to be non-stop rain for days on end. The farm had become a mud pit. Almost like Spring, but without the flowers, grass, and other plants popping up and sucking up the excess water. So...we had...
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Hurricane Farm -
Wednesday November 25, 2009 - By Chris
A while back I was stuck in the mud with my Farmall Cub tractor. I was furiously running the throttle up and down, back and forth trying to get enough momentum to break free and get the tractor moving forward instead of downward into the mud. I...
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Hurricane Farm -
Wednesday November 18, 2009 - By Chris
Just got word today from a wood-cutter friend several towns over that he has 76 more cedar logs for us. Perfect timing for some of my upcoming building projects. I was starting to use up the first load with all the fencing that we put up in our...
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Hurricane Farm -
Saturday July 11, 2009 - By Chris
We acquired a "new to us" trailer that will work out perfectly for hauling hogs and our cattle, as well as myriad other things (kids, pumpkins, hay, wood).
Our plan is to move two of the cattle to the new pasture this afternoon. If all...
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Hurricane Farm -
Thursday July 02, 2009 - By Chris
You'd almost think that this photo was taken 60 years ago. Anyhow, Erica snapped this on Monday afternoon in the midst of my fence work on the new pasture.
Stunning looking machine, eh? I got to drive it down the road about 1/2...
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Hurricane Farm -
Thursday July 02, 2009 - By Chris
It all started when we decided it was time to claim the firewood we'd stacked from cutting down some trees last summer. It was time to haul it up to the front of the yard nearer the house so that my dad has something to do when he visits (He's a...
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Portage River Farm -
Tuesday June 23, 2009 - By John
Late last week, the sky opened up and dumped one quarter of a million gallons of water on our little farm. Rest assured that it came down slowly and gently over a number of hours but it came just the same. The roof and gutters dutifully routed it away from the...
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Whispering Pines -
Friday June 12, 2009 - By Roni
Ordered our tractor today! We will be able to do so much more with our farm now. Just have to find a tiller next.
Weeded among the sweet potatoes today. The grean beans I just picked yesterday look like they are ready to pick...
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Portage River Farm -
Monday June 01, 2009 - By John
Over the past few days, I have been using the tractor to get a few more tasks completed. The driveway has been plagued with potholes since before we bought the farm. With the warm spring rains those potholes became huge and filled with water. I felt...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday May 19, 2009 - By Chris
So it appears that the one-wire alternator on my Farmall Cub works. This afternoon found me tinkering with the tractor for an hour or so. Removing the tire chains so we can drive on the roads again, greasing up all the fittings, adding a much needed...
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Portage River Farm -
Saturday April 25, 2009 - By John
I'm finally home and the rain that was predicted for the weekend managed to finish up on Saturday night. Sunday morning, the sun rose in a windy sky while I stood in our dining room hoping that it would dry the grass and ground out quickly. I had been...
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Hurricane Farm -
Saturday April 25, 2009 - By Chris
A poem explaining the ongoing (non)runnings of my farm tractor.
Magneto defunt; Enter the distributor. Purrs like a kitten.
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Hurricane Farm -
Saturday April 04, 2009 - By Chris
After several long and stressful months of changing spark plugs, ignition wires, and magneto caps, my Farmall Cub is up and running again! I was able to get Leon, owner of Reliable Tractor Repair in Lebanon, CT, to come over and correct the incorrect...
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Portage River Farm -
Friday April 03, 2009 - By John
My snow shoveling misery of last winter made the purchase of a tractor one of our major goals for this summer. Now that the weather is warming and things need to be planted in our garden, that need is rising even higher on the list of priorities. Not knowing...
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