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The Farm Gets Goats
We finally added a couple goats to the farm. This was a long time coming, but was just one of those things I didn’t feel like dealing with yet. Until it became easy. We currently have about 60 sheep...
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Permaculture Showcase Garden
Here are a couple photos from a garden area next to our house… what I am calling our Showcase Permaculture Garden. It’s only a couple seasons old, so there is still a lot of growth and development to...
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Straw Bale Garden Beds
We have two 40-foot x 40-foot garden beds cleared on the hillside where we have our annual vegetable garden. This year we decided to install raised beds. There were a number of reasons for this, but...
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Cheap Food is an Illusion
My small farm is a tiny breeze blowing against the hurricane that is coming. But I will not sit idle knowing it is my children and grandchildren that will have to deal directly with that hurricane when...
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The Bones of Our Forest Garden
We have finally planted the majority of the foundation trees and shrubs in our forest garden. These trees and shrubs make up the “bones” of our forest garden/food forest. Most were planted in the Fall...
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Cushaw Squash Volunteers!
We occasionally find a volunteer squash or melon on the farm. “Volunteer” meaning we didn’t plant it… well not on purpose. Over the last few years since we’ve been on our farm, we will collect Fall...
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More Results of Rotational Grazing at the Bauernhof
We have been managing our pastures with rotational grazing for the last few years. I was out moving our ram lambs this morning and took a few photos that I thought I would share. Rotational grazing is...
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Product Recommendations from the Bauernhof
I have finally gotten around to putting together a list of the products we use on the farm. We raise Katahdin Sheep with rotational grazing/holistic management. We raise mixed heritage breed pigs on...
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Wildlife at the Farm
We recently had some of our ducks and geese killed overnight. This happened last year as well. But we were never able to determine who the culprit was… fox, coyote, raccoon, opossum, owl? I had found...
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Edirne Eggplant
I never ate eggplant growing up. It was just not a vegetable we used. But when I lived in Turkey for a few years, I was surrounded by eggplants. I learned to appreciate these versatile vegetables…...
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Our First Goji Berry Harvest!
We planted four young Goji Berry plants this Spring on the farm. I intend to plant a lot more, but I wanted to test them out first. All four plants lived, but one of our Goji Berries was attacked by a...
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Birdhouse Gourds!
Also known as Calabash or Bottle Gourds, Lagenaria siceraria are hardshelled gourds have been used for multiple purposes around the world. Many varieties are edible: edible fruit, edible seeds, edible...
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American Mountain-Ash Berries
A few weeks ago we traveled to northeastern Vermont to visit family. This was an incredibly relaxing vacation for us. And I had the opportunity to finally try a fruit that I had only previously read...
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My Breakfast for Today
This is just another reason I love our farm/homestead… this is what I ate for breakfast this morning: Swiss Chard (Verde Da Taglio) Mustard Greens (Southern Giant Curled) Kale (Forage Kale Proteor)...
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Holistic Management Beyond the Pasture
I recently wrote an article (Pigs, Pride, & Permaculture) on the recent re-evaluation of our farm endeavors. Basically, we had become overwhelmed by trying to do too much. On top of that, my wife...
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Pigs, Pride, and Permaculture
The pig paddocks have had too much impact! It was the smell of failure. Insidious. It seemed to creep up so slowly. I was standing at the edge of our pig paddock, and all I could smell was the...
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Planting Ramps in our Forest
There is something about the Spring forest that brings me a deep sense of joy and contentment. The days are growing longer. The air is warming. The trees are waking from their slumber. The songbirds...
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Positive Poultry Impact
So amazing to see the positive impact of our chickens on our land! The only difference between the low quality field in the background and the lush area in the foreground (where my daughter is almost...
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Woodland Edge Plant Identification
A few days ago, I was walking through our pastures getting things ready to move our ewes to a new paddock. We have a clump of Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and American Persimmon (Diospyros...
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Spring Forest Plants!
Spring may be my favorite season. I love walking in our woods and seeing the Earth wake up from its Winter slumber. Here are some photos I took this morning… Cercis canadensis, the Eastern Redbud, is...
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