some places we buy seeds & plants
http://www.fedcoseeds.com http://www.highmowingseeds.com http://www.johnnyseeds.com http://www.woodprairie.com http://www.sln.potsdam.ny.us http://www.nhnursery.com http://www.territorialseed.com http://www.edibleacres.org
MOREStarting our seedlings
The garden season has begun, with the first seed planted. Indoors of course, since outdoors is still very cold for weeks to come. With equal amounts of care and luck, this little seedling will be planted outside in April, harvested in august, and still will be good to eat in June of next year. Thank […]
MORESettling in
We have been spending time enjoying getting to know this beautiful piece of land. We have been acknowledging the former uses of different parts of the house and land that the previous family lived and worked their hearts out for. We have been in awe of the barn construction, with the massive chestnut beams (we […]
MOREHay there!
Building shelters are so valuable, we are so thankful that Tim kindly let us use a former garden shed close to the house for shelter for our future animals. We get to use space in the barn as well for storage of our garden tools and supplies. In a few days we are also getting […]
MOREGetting ducks
We got ducks! We picked up 20 beautiful baby Khaki Campbell ducklings from tractor supply today and 15 one year old white layer ducks we scoped off of craigslist from a farm in Maine. We were inspired by Ben Falk’s homestead — he raises a few different breeds of ducks and his experiences suggests that […]
MOREThe farm is growing
Today we added some more friends to the farm! We are really enthusiastic about raising animals this year since it’s the first time we are doing it ourselves, with methods that we have learned from other farmers and homesteaders. I’m so grateful for this experience, how we are able to try new farm endeavours and […]
MOREMore goats
The goats have been doing amazing! The Oberhasli breed is very quiet, almost making no noise, which is a huge plus. We are really happy we decided to go with goats for dairy than with a cow on this farm. After walking in the woods today we realized how much browse the goats could eat […]
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