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Hop yard

Posted in Farm tools, Hops by Third Stone on June 12, 2015 | No comments

Hops poles are in! After going through lots of plan changes, I finally decided on my strategy. I had originally planned to use metal poles to get the hops trellis 20 feet up (requiring a 24′ pole) but I’ve elected to try out some wooden poles first. The benefit of...

Mr. Mouse

Posted in Interesting things about Christmas trees by Third Stone on June 3, 2015 | No comments

While walking though the field, I came upon a deer mouse that leapt through the grass ahead of me. Startled at first, I took a moment to watch him move along to one of the large Christmas trees and I peeked under the tree to see where he might be...

and so it goes

Posted in Farm tools by Third Stone on June 3, 2015 | No comments

It seems the stars have recently aligned unfavorably. I had just put the mowers back together to start the summer mowing. The Cub needed a couple of minor parts to reattach the deck while the John Deere deck needed a complete overhaul. I had to weld reinforcement steel onto the...

rain?

Posted in Farm work by Third Stone on May 27, 2015 | No comments

After planting 1,000 trees at the beginning of May and 1,200 last spring, we need some real spring rain to get the trees of to a good start. It seems that we’ve gone about 4 weeks without more than a trace of rain and things have been unseasonably parched. With...

Christmas Trees in the summer?

Posted in General news by Third Stone on May 27, 2015 | No comments

Sure, most people probably don’t think of Christmas trees so much when the birds are chirping and bees buzzing during the warm season we’re in right now. But, Nick & Kim have corrected me on that. Back in December of 2013, they got engaged while at our farm choosing a...

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