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Amongst the most exciting farm projects this year was switching to electric mowers.  Last year, I tested out mowing with an EGO zero turn mower to see if it was viable to move away from my gas mowers. Mowing is THE major summer chore to keep the grasses and weeds from outcompetin

One of the side benefits of having a farm and all of this land is that there is a lot of space for scenic photos. And, unbelievably, Willow is now old enough to need senior photos. So, what better combination can you get but a photographer farmer! Here are a few (very few of the very

Often folks ask what I have been up to on the farm over the course of the year. I’m sure they want to know the highlights & big, more interesting things, not about how many holes I’ve dug. While the last couple of years have been big for me, it doesn’t really sho

It’s midday, Wednesday December 10th, with gray skies and some snow flurries. I breathe a sigh of relief while walking across the farm. A nature co-op school group visited this morning for a tour about growing Christmas trees. The young kids were surprisingly inquisitive intersp

Firewood seems to be one of those chores that seems to never end. In January, I handle firewood all day long loading the fireplace to keep the house warm. I burn firewood well into spring, but by February, I have to run back to the farm to load up some more to take back supplement the

Yes, it’s the farmers’ lot to always be complaining about the weather. Yes, this year yet again, it has been a startlingly off year. Up until today, I don’t actually remember when we last had a good rainfall. On one hand, it has been easier to work on a variety of ou

It was a long wait to finally get my hands on an electric truck, but there’s no disappointment here. The 2022 Ford Lightning joins our household fleet to replace my not-so-old gasoline fueled truck. With its retirement, the only gas we need now is for the lawn mowers and the tra

If you’re familiar with our farm, you probably already know that a major part of our plan is thinking about the whole landscape holistically. We don’t just plant Christmas trees, we are stewards of an ecosystem. More of our land is fallow, or in cover crops than is planted