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All Fruit Trees are not Alike
Ask my sad, oozy peach tree. We didn’t know much about trees when we bought it. Big box hardware stores, as it turns out, aren’t the best...
Mar 18, 20243 min read


Is it Spring?
The tulips and irises are up, not flowering but their clusters of leaves are inches above the ground. Daffodils, dandelions, henbit and...
Mar 6, 20242 min read

Tips and Tricks for Chickens in Winter
In the long dark days of winter, we spend most of our time in our warm cozy homes and bundle up to protect ourselves from the cold when...
Dec 14, 20233 min read


An Ode to The Rooster King
Yes, there are good reasons to have a rooster and sometimes you get lucky and have a great rooster. We have had many roosters over the...
Aug 31, 20234 min read


Autumn Farm Notes
WOOSH, and summer was over. Cone flowers and sunflowers slowly faded away as the autumn colors of Chrysanthemums and Golden Rod began to...
Oct 19, 20214 min read


June Farm Notes 2021
June, glorious June. Summer, glorious summer. Lush green canopies to drive through along our favorite country roads. Perennial flowers in...
Jul 13, 20217 min read


The Chicken Whisperer
Seven new little peepers joined the 14 Acre Wood flock last September. After a full dozen of incubated fertilized eggs produced only two...
Apr 14, 20203 min read
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