Oct 26 2024. Nicolas helping with harvesting the Sorghum by hand.
Oct 26 2024, Nicolas came for a visit and took Jim out for a ride.
Oct 24 2024. Mqt discing with Jim. Duke and Ginger.
Oct 8 2024. Time to get the horses out and start plowing. I am just starting the plowing. Both the horses and myself take a little time to get a straight line and I feel rusty at the reins too. WE are oping this will be a camelina field but as with last year the very variable weather may make this not possible.
Oct 2 2024. Duke pulling Kari on their way to the woods to cut firewood.
Oct 7 2024. A very bountiful harvest this year of tomatoes, sweet potatoes beans etc.
Aug 29 2024 .We overplanted the pasture with a hay mixture in hopes to have a hay field in 2026.
Here Kari is making sure the seeds are distributed evenly
July 29 2024 cleaning oats
August 26 2024. Ester and her mother on Jim the horse.
August 22 2024 Raking the hay with the gas tractor.
August 21, 2024. Pearl and Ester brushing Jim.
August 18 2024. The garden was spectacular due to the good rains and The diligence of Dorothee.
August 19 2024 Time to spread compost for the fall planting of rye.
August 17 2024 last of the sunflowers as they start to dry out.
Aug 13 2024. Not a lot of bees this year nor are there any perisetic wasps.
August 6 2024 at the port Rowan market Friday 3 -6 pm
August 4 2024. The sunflowers are in full bloom!
August 3 2024
We decided to do some selling at he local Tillsonburg maket.
Feb 20 2024. It is maple syrup time. Dorothee and I put in a few buckets and yes there was maple sap.
Feb 20 2024. Chief as looking so much better I decided to harness him up and team up with Ginger. It was wonderful!!! Chief is not perfect but pretty darn good for guy that a few months go was falling and not able to get up.
Feb 16 2024 Dorothee decided to split the firewood we brought in on the sled.
Feb 15 2024 And it snowed so I got the sled out and got some fire wood with Jim and Duke.
Feb 12 2024. Such a ice day I tine weeded the camelina field with Jim and Duke
Feb 11 2024. Was such a nice day I plowed up the oats field.
Feb 10 2024. A nice day for Jim and I to work in the woods getting firewood
Jan 22 2024 Julia driving the horses.
Jan 22 2024 Julia and Bryce visiting the farm.
Jan 21 2024. Bran muffins from the wood stove.
Jan 9 2024, Mat on cross country skiis.
Jan 19 2024. Dorothee in the north woods.
Jan 19 2024. Just finished our skiing so have the skies up against the wall. Yes it was minus 10 C
Jan 19 2024. Chief and Ginger always hog the main feeding area so Jim and Duke get to feed from the boxes in the field.
Jan 19 2024. Finally the cold weather came and the feeding area for the horses has frozen. Got to figure a better way to keep the grounds from turning to mud every fall. Yes they are sloppy eaters
Jan 4 2024. Jim got an abscess on his hoof so we soaked it then wrapped it with an Epson salt solution.
Jan 4 2024 Dorothee picking up Kale for our supper dish
Jan 4 2024 Just checking the Chanteclear count to make sure they are all in before closing the coop
Jan 4 2024. Looks like snow next week so I put the horse draw sleigh together.
Jan 4 2024. We have been building an apartment for Kari who is coming from Ghana to take over the oil pressing.
