For homesteaders who choose to live off the land and the sustenance that they produce this month is normally marked by the butchering of the farm animals that have been growing all season long. November is usually the blood moon around this area...
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Surprise — t’s been dramatically colder up here on the hill! In fact, just this week we had a hard frost with drifting snowfall in the air as the wind blew plunging the temperature into the mid 20’s. It seems that the warm trend of this...
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We are now left with only one farmers market remaining for the season! I can’t help myself but feel overjoyed for accomplishing the whole summer market season for 2016. I feel really proud and relieved knowing that we’ve fed a ton of families in...
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What a success! Thanks to everyone that came out and helped us plant all of this year’s garlic. Many hands sure made light work of it. Starting off with positive attitudes and a wide variety of diverse friends we managed to get ALL the garlic...
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It’s just about time to begin planting garlic. This year, we’re planting a massive crop of garlic to be used as a fundraiser next year. We have prepared the area by tilling and amending it with organic compost. We will then string up rows...
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An Introduction to Permaculture by Amy Antonucci I came to permaculture like many people do – through farming and gardening. Neither my family background nor schooling was in agriculture, but after becoming involved in social justice and...
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Since the harvest moon has just passed we have been in preparation mode for the winter! Preparing our garden beds for the snow cover, curing food for the root cellar, harvesting fodder for our goats winter food supply, and breaking new ground to...
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This week we had a bit of a tragedy transpire here at the farm. Our beautiful goat, Caroline, contracted a disease found in wild deer that basically eats her spinal cord until she becomes paralyzed. We hadn’t seen any symptoms and to find out...
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Yep. I know I’ve been out of the loop for a while… but not exactly with my feet up. OK, yeah, maybe I had a moment in a hammock on one of those 90 degree summer days… I’ve been so busy between trying to keep up with the farm chores, work on the...
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Wow, the second week of September is already upon us. Surprisingly, a lot of maple and oak trees are beginning to shift from green leaves into yellows, oranges, reds, and some have even already dropped. The drought this year has the majority of...
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This morning was the first morning that we could see our breath as the summer coming to an end. We thought about autumn and the approaching fall season. The autumnal equinox is toward the end of the month, but we are already harvesting a wide...
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Escape the F.A.S.T. Lane How to Live Life Less Frustrated, Anxious, Stressed, and Tired! Join us at Willow Brook Farm & Art Center on Thursday, September 22nd at 7 PM for a presentation by our farm friend Michael Robinson. We’re...
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