Chickens are getting big, should start laying any day now. They’re about 22 Weeks Old. Chickens usually start laying (depending on the breed) around 20-24 Weeks. Spreading the manure with the neighbors Bobcat. Rained all week but afterwards the sun came out and flowers bloomed. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘homesteading’
A Week on the Farm in Pictures
Posted in Backyard Chickens, Farm, farm pictures, Farming, Garden, Garden Pictures, Gardening, Homesteading, Organic Gardening, Organic Vegetable Gardening, Permaculture, Self Sufficient Living, Sustainable Farming, Sustainable Living, Vegetable & Herb Gardening, tagged back to basics, chickens, dogs, farm photos, farm sunset, gardening, homesteading, life on the farm, planting season, vegetable growing on May 13, 2012 | 50 Comments »
T-Minus 16 days till Spring
Posted in Farm, farm pictures, Farm Pictures, Garden Pictures, Gardening, Gardening, Homesteading, Organic Tomatoes, Sustainable Farming, Vegetable & Herb Gardening, tagged farm, flower bed, flowers, goats, green living, homesteading, photography, pictures of a farm, soil, soil preperation for planting, starting seeds, vegetable garden pictures on March 4, 2012 | 60 Comments »
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, Spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20, 2012, at 1:14 A.M. Let the countdown begin! If you live in the Midwest region of the U.S. (like us) you better get your seeds started inside to get a jump on summer. Now is the time to start: Broccoli, [...]
Back to Basics
Posted in Farm, Farming, Gardening, Sustainable Farming, tagged chipotle commercial, factory farm, gardening, homesteading, video on February 13, 2012 | 25 Comments »
I’m not one to post back-to-back entries, I’m usually good for one a week but if you didn’t see the new ad for Chiptotle, take a couple of minutes and watch it. This is Chipotle’s first tv ad and wow! They nailed it, amazing. Smart campaign to target a “Back to Basics” farming approach in [...]
Hazy Shade of Winter – A Pictorial
Posted in Farm, farm pictures, Farm Pictures, Garden Pictures, Gardening, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Sustainable Farming, tagged artistic photographs of farm and garden, farm in winter, gardening, homesteading, organic farm, photograhs of winter, photography, snow, snow pictures, Sustainable Farming, sustainable living, winter farm pics on February 12, 2012 | 19 Comments »
I braved the frigid cold (5° windchill) to stroll around the farm this morning and take some pictures. Jake couldn’t make it out back, the snow was too high. I guess that’s a problem when you’re only 7″ tall. A lot of people complain about the winter but I love it. Everyone needs a break [...]
