It was a great week for getting caught up on outdoor work. The brisk wind dried the saturated soil out quickly and the long sunny days help raise the ground temperatures a bit—it's still surprisingly cold out there but at least it's plantable now. I'm doing a big push today and … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Some Dry Days
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Full and By Farm: Mud Brings Changes
This week the horses are muddy, the chickens are muddy and the people are muddy. But mud brings lots of big changes around the farm. We planted our first fruit trees yesterday—34 delicious apples. We're already salivating at the thought of sweet juicy apples for eating, baking … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Mud Brings Changes
Full and By Farm: Surprise Visitors
Our first real taste of spring this week, and everyone's spirits are riding high in the sunshine and warm temperatures. The spring that seemed to never be coming has firmly taken hold. We dug into the ground for the first time yesterday, discing in a meager cover crop that never … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Surprise Visitors
Full and By Farm: Great Sugaring
We've had a run of perfectly warm days and cool nights—setting us up for great sugaring weather this past week. The evaporator has been burning late, night after night. Day after day we've had great runs and we need the bulk tank empty first thing in the morning for the trip up … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Great Sugaring
Full and By Farm: Tapping the Sugarbush
Monday was a glorious day for tapping—our coats, vests, gloves and hats being dropped like bread crumbs along the path in the sugarbush. Within minutes of drilling, each hole was already welling up with sap, a tap was put in, the bucket hung and the sweet plunking sound of the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Tapping the Sugarbush