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 going. Curious about my attention, t
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 dec
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 this years trees
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
I did a tree census to see how many were left after the 2014 Christmas season. I just thought it was interesting to compare a an image from October to one more recently. I should dig out a 2013 image, too, too for comparison. Anyway, this is just from the 4 acre section on Route 28
Wow, 1,000 trees in the ground in one day! With such a late spring, it sure seemed like we would never be able to get out there into the fields to prep for this year’s trees. Then suddenly it was summer and the trees were starting to come out of dormancy. I think we just barel
Thanks to Lou for helping out in early May to transplant trees from our query beds to fill for some of the 2014 babies that didn’t make it through our winter. What a winter it was! We lost 95 trees from the original 1,000. There’s Lou in the background running the auger&
Hey farm friends! That 4′ of snow covering the fields three weeks ago is finally melted and the fields are beginning to dry out. We still have snow in the woods as maple sugaring season winds down but our thoughts are turning to planting the Christmas trees. Winter was so crazy
So, yes, I bought another tractor. No, I didn’t get this: Instead, I bought a 1977 Kubota. It’s a good little tractor, but it sure is a shock to go from the 2001 JD to this old one! When we went to take a look at it, Atlanta kept asking: why do you need another tractor? Wh
Rescuing more than 1,200 lost varieties of apples isn’t for the faint of heart. It requires meticulous organization, persistence, and research methods that range from conventional to one-of-a-kind. That’s where Tom Brown of Clemmons, North Carolina, enters the picture, according to Southern L...