by North Branch Farm | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
I told Elsie I wasn’t sure what to put on the blog today and she said, “Lots and lots of rain,” which is true…and although I’ve already written a couple times this summer about the precipitation, it’s still true:...
by North Branch Farm | Jun 27, 2013 | Blog
Dear interested parties (pardon me if you are not interested) and supporters of North Branch Farm, The time to reserve our beef and pork for your freezer is NOW! We will be sending two cows and five pigs to the butcher on July 16th, and they’ll be arriving back to us...
by North Branch Farm | Jun 21, 2013 | Blog
Mowing our first hay of the year. Sickle-bar mower from behind… and from the front. My lovely co-farmers on our way home from the Memorial Day Parade. Mark in the greenhouse Miriam in the greenhouse Meat chicks in their tractor, finally out on grass Calf...
by North Branch Farm | Jun 3, 2013 | Blog
The last week of May was filled with the more-or-less standard cocktail of mistakes, excitement, progress, and fears. Maybe today I’ll stick with some basic strategies from way back in Conflict Resolution class, which could be accurately subtitled “How to...
by North Branch Farm | May 25, 2013 | Blog
I keep looking over at the stove to see why there’s a pot boiling, and it turns out to be, in fact, the rain driving against the kitchen windows. This is new in that for most of the last week we have not had wind with our rain–it’s old in that we...