StarLight Farm 2014
Every time I open this blog to include some new entries, I am amazed at all that gets accomplished. Its such a treat to have a blank canvass whenever we decide to start something new, something we have always wanted to try. For example, just before the year started, December 2013, we planted over 500 Daffodil bulbs, so that we would have early flowers for the farm house and our restaurant. How fun was that? So many projects start that way: conceptualized over a cup of coffee or glass of wine, than actualized by putting on some warm clothes and spending a sunny winter afternoon dropping them into a trench, all the while imagining them blooming in Spring.
Besides Farming, our life is very rich with infrastructure changes, grand children, and new animals arriving. Its a positive experience with the only occasional negatives of feeling guilty for not doing more or taking time off for recreation. We work on that though and try to remind ourselves how lucky we are.
Besides Farming, our life is very rich with infrastructure changes, grand children, and new animals arriving. Its a positive experience with the only occasional negatives of feeling guilty for not doing more or taking time off for recreation. We work on that though and try to remind ourselves how lucky we are.
One of the biggest events of the Winter was the increasing of our cow herd. We had three up to this point. An older Mother with her bull calf and the purchase of Poppy, a half Jersey and half Dexter. We decided we liked the cows and they were relatively low maintenance and we have alot of pasture..... so we purchased 3 registered Dexter female calfs. Our intent is to use these three as our foundation for our herd.
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SPRING 2014
Spring comes early in NC. Peas, strawberries and potatoes go in for example. It really is the best time of the year for
gardening, no insects, moist soil and moderate temperatures.
Spring comes early in NC. Peas, strawberries and potatoes go in for example. It really is the best time of the year for
gardening, no insects, moist soil and moderate temperatures.
We also own some woods that the naturalists of the family like to explore. We made a primitive road with the tractor for going on walks.