Growing real food in beautiful Graham, WA
Panic Sales are STRONG…. We have been getting a lot of calls from people looking to buy chickens. My guess is that panic-buying is driving most of these calls. Our laying hens have been producing and we have a steady supply of eggs, but are selling out regularly (we appreciate that)! We hope you are…
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2018 Recap and Plans for 2019 Hello friends! First, thank you for your support during 2018 and helping it be a success. We wanted to provide a quick recap of 2018 and give you an idea of what we have planned for 2019. Yes, this is a long overdue post – with how busy we…
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Heritage Livestock Conference Update I travelled to Fishers, IN to attend the 2018 Heritage Livestock Conference organized by The Livestock Conservancy. It has been a great learning experience so far and the actual conference hasn’t even started! Today I attended a conference workshop – “oxen basics” and it was a chance to learn a bit…
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Summer Update and Check-In Whew! We’ve been way too busy to find time to keep up with the blog and website. For that we’re sorry. It’s hard to believe that Summer is almost over – and still so much to do! I wanted to take a minute to catch you up with what we’ve been…
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Spring update – Full Steam Ahead! Veggies Well it is ON! The Sun is out and has dried out the garden enough that we have been planting and now have a bunch of plants growing in the ground. Our 20-week CSA starts delivery this week – we delayed two weeks due to the weather –…
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Hatching, Planning, Waiting… Successful Hatch! We successfully hatched out the fertile eggs we purchased as part of our breeding plan and laying hen replacement. The 30 eggs we ordered (and one extra for free) arrived via USPS damaged leaving only 28 for the incubator. Of those, 26 developed and from the 26, we hatched out…
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Happy New Year – Thanks for a great 2017! Hi everyone, Erica and I are so grateful that you’ve supported us during the year as we build our farm business. We both want to thank you for your love and support to help us grow. We are really excited to have you along with us as we…
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We’ve been busy here at the farm planning for the 2018 season. We’ll be offering a limited number of Vegetable CSA shares for 2018 and will be sending out details as it gets closer to January. If you’re interested in learning more before then, email us for details. The young hens are starting to lay…
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We’ve been busy as we change seasons – ended with a decent amount of veggies even though we didn’t get the garden planted until late. Definitely learned some lessons to apply to next year, especially as it relates to insect and weed pressure. The rototiller runs again (huzzah!) and it’s been used to get the…
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