October 29th

SNOW!!! Just a little reminder from winter that it is coming and we need to be ready. Not sure all of the chickens were as excited as this one.

Greener Pastures

Green Pastures in October? Each fall we let the cows into the meadow behind the barn. We have taken two cuts of hay off of it and we let the girls get the third. To get the most out of the grass, every other day Krys moves the fence forward 20 feet or so. This is called strip grazing. The cows do a great job and we save fuel and feed by letting them do the mowing. In the future we hope do do more strip grazing in our pastures, but it takes a lot of time and careful planning of water tubs and fencing.

End of the Season

What a summer! Our busiest season is over. This year we raised 300 meat birds and 10 pigs for our customers. We will winter 18 Black Angus and 6 Icelandic Sheep, as well as our small flock of Laying hens. I put up over 50 jars of pickles(dilly beans/cukes), and 15 jars of green beans. Our freezers are filled with organic chicken, which we will sell through the winter and spring. We are proud to announce that our Chickens are being served at Stella Notte on Rte 108 across from Smuggler's Notch Resort. If all goes well this will open us up to more local restaurants.

The Vet was at the farm this week to Bred check the Angus. Good news 9 out of 12 are bred, this will make for some full pastures next summer and a busy spring. We also hope to have our 4 Icelandic Ewes bred this fall, if all goes well we will have 4-8 lambs in the spring. Hope our neighbors don't mind the sound of weaning.

Krys and I finally have a little bit of time for some fun. The picture above is at the Shelburne Museum in the beach house. We went last Sunday with our friends Sean, Erin and Owen(future farmhand). It was nice to get away for the day and do something totally not farm related.

I will try to update this blog more frequently this fall and winter, also I will once more attempt to get our website up and running.

If you want some chickens for you freezer, give us a call (802) 644-8341.