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Chopping Corn Silage for Feed

Corn Chopping Season! I am proud and a little relieved to say we have just finished corn chopping, and in record time to boot! Corn chopping is pretty much the…

Hay is tricky, a large part of your success is dependant on the weather. Hay needs hot low moisture days to dry, and if you remember there wasn't a lot of those days this summer. But we were still able to get through both 1st and 2nd cutting, and put up some good looking hay in the process.

What Really Happens When You Drop a Cat Off at a Farm

Yesterday afternoon, I took the short walk across my yard to the other side of our barn to take some pictures of my Concord Grape Vine for an upcoming post…

Covering the hoop house with new plastic (Spring 2017)

I thought it might be fun to share some of our farming activities today. Believe it or not, my husband has already been out planting sweet corn, but today we are…

Oops we did it again…Twins on the Farm

It is a good thing they are cute, because they sure are a lot of work! Yup, we had another set of twins on the farm! And they have…

Secrets to Surviving the Winter With Chickens From The Chicken Coop

If you’ve kept chickens during the cold winter months before you know just how challenging this can be. Here in the Finger Lakes it can get down to a chilly…

The Bull Stops Here: A new pasture mate

While sitting on my new deck enjoying a hot cup of coffee, the quiet stillness of the morning, and the gorgeous filmy haze that hung in the air. I decided…

Summer at Last: Making Hay while the sun shines

"Making hay while the sun shines," is an old traditional phrase, basically it is a reminder to make good use of your time or make the most of an opportunity…

Corn Harvest on the Farm

Summer has winded down, and I have to tell you I am looking forward to a slower pace. But before we can button up the field work and call it…

Drying Fresh Parsley in a Dehydrator

A couple of days ago I noticed my herb garden was bursting at the seams. My two parsley plants are massive, I had to pinch flower blossoms off my basil…

Deteriorating Barn in Macedon

I often pass this deteriorating barn in Macedon on Route 31 when I am out running errands. Precariously situated on the edge of Wal-mart sprawl, it silently sits empty awaiting it's…

Garden Planning: How much will feed my family??

Today as I was digging in my freezer it occurred to me, I have slacked significantly in the "putting food up" department. It is January, six months away from any…

Chillin with the cows

So, I realize this post may just get lost in a sea of other voices who are just fed up with this winter. But I need to talk about this…

Round Soybean Stalk Bales

Late Fall around the Farm

It seems like in Upstate New York Fall could almost be divided into two seasons. The bright pretty fall: And the "if it is going to be cold and miserable…

Farm Friday- After the Rain

It has been raining here, a lot! I would complain about it, but it seems wrong after the massive lack of rain we had last year. I took a walk…

Big Red's little white face

Evening Pasture Walk: Calving Season is winding down

I have not posted much about the farm lately. We are just beginning to get our bearings and settle into our new normal of calving/baseball/softball/planting season. And just as…

Red Fox in Cow Pasture- Home in the Finger Lakes

Around the Farm Friday: Red Fox

Red Fox in the Cow Pasture Red foxes prefer to hunt in the early morning hours before sunrise and late evening, they often hunt small mammals and rodents. We have…

Poison Ivy climbing up barn

Around the Farm Friday: Poison Ivy

We have this poison ivy growing up our barn. every year we battle it, and every year it comes back. I am very, very, very allergic. The last few times…

Cranky cow? Tips to stay safe

When you think of "when animals attack" what is the first animal that pops into your mind? Shark? Bear? maybe dogs? Yesterday I had an unfortunate run in with a…