The Blog Barn

Torts could teach us a lot

Double Check Ranch   -   Apr 14, 2010 - By Sarah

Today we ate lunch outside, partly to enjoy the incredibly nice weather and partly because we wanted to watch our desert tortoise meander through the yard.   It is terribly fun to watch Dizzy eat and walk about.  He does everything so...

Peafowl on Display

Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Apr 14, 2010 - By Emily

Anyone who has come to visit our farm has likely seen some of our more exotic-looking poultry.  We raise Polish chickens, with crazy crowns of feathers that look like a wig, Golden Phoenix roosters have tails that can grow to be two feet long, and Cochins...

Tomato Horn Worms! Yuck!

Zina's Produce   -   Apr 13, 2010 - By Zina

                                            &...

You want how much for these?

Miolea Organic Farm   -   Apr 13, 2010 - By Brian_1

I was on a local NPR affiliate, on the "Farm to Fork" movement taking place.  It is part of the whole buy local, support family farms and sustainable farm practices effort happening all across North and South America and...

I am happy to report that as of last week I have fired myself from one of my daily duties. The grounds of the dismissal were that I was tardy and inconsistent in my job performance. My responsibilities have since been eliminated by workplace automation. The...

It happens every time...

Double Check Ranch   -   Apr 13, 2010 - By Sarah

Why don't I learn?!   Every time, without fail, that I let the cows and horses into the yard, they cause some havoc!   This time, they ripped the electric box off of our well pump (twice in two days), leaving us high and dry for two...

Found It!

Double Check Ranch   -   Apr 13, 2010 - By Sarah

Paul was moving our wood pile yesterday (since it's now getting so hot that we don't need to use it to heat the house anymore) and found our long-lost tortoise who hibernated with us since November!  He had been free in the yard and lost to us...

Planting Broccoli

White Rose Farm   -   Apr 13, 2010 - By Sally_1

Planting Broccoli  I am sharing more about the process of growing food—through this blog and also by inviting people to work in the garden with me, mornings and evenings (except Wednesdays and Sundays.) I want people to understand more about the...

Planting time

Katona's Country Garden   -   Apr 13, 2010 - By Dennis_1

It is half way thru April and spring is here tax time near Easter has come and gone lawns being mowed and flowers are blooming. Our greenhouse is running full with sprouting seeds and transplants broccoli, tomato, cabbage and kale also with onion set, snow...

Reflections on the International Raw Milk Symposiu...

Trautman Family Farm   -   Apr 13, 2010 - By Scott&JulieTraut

No matter what happens - all is as it should be. It is up to us to learn the lessons we need to such that there is efficiency - learning - growth - adaptation in the lesson. Otherwise when bad things happen, it is just a bad thing. This past weekend nothing...