I've spent the last week digging into old records, field maps and beautifully glossy seed catalogues. Washing the slate clean of 2013's flooding—dreaming about row after row of vigorous, fruitful plants—beans pods and ripe, juicy tomatoes dripping off their vines, corn stalks … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Dreaming of Spring
James Graves
Full and By Farm: Fuzzy Winter Horses
The horses came in yesterday for the first time this winter. James says they look like big, giant marshmallows covered in fuzz. Their harnesses fit like that too. It's a struggle to get them on a lead line the first few days, they are out of the habit and happy to have no … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Fuzzy Winter Horses
Full and By Farm: Sprouts
We are all giddy over having Doug back at the farm with us for the winter. Many of you will remember him from last winter and spring—off time in between semesters of the Adirondack program at St Lawrence University. He jumped right back into chores, construction and whipping up … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Sprouts
Full and By Farm: Sleepy Winter Patterns
There is not a lot of farming news this week. We are happily settled into our sleepy winter patterns of feeding, watering and mucking. The cows and horses have adjusted by now to the cold temperatures and with their big, puffy coats on seem almost indifferent to even the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Sleepy Winter Patterns
Full and By Farm: Mosaic Puzzles
After visiting years ago a friend described to me the sensation that our farm was like one of those mosaic puzzles you get when you are a kid. A picture that is cut up into a grid of little squares which slide up and down and sideways but can't be lifted out. You have to assemble … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Mosaic Puzzles