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Little Seed Farm's Blog – June 2012 Archive (4)
Next Up, House Work
The Aspiring Farmer Blog
When Dusty first asked me to write for Farm Dreams he asked that I write about the emotional side of moving away from the city and starting a farm. It's a huge transition and one that comes with a lot of responsibility. Previously, we literally had no responsibility. Paying the bills was about it. No car, no home, no kids, no pets, just us and our day jobs. Sounds nice to some, but that lifestyle drove me…
Added by Little Seed Farm on June 25, 2012 at 9:00am — 1 Comment
Making Time for Beercan Chicken
The Aspiring Farmer Blog
When we first moved out here we were so busy that we couldn’t even find time to visit farmer’s markets on the weekends. We were shopping at the typical grocery stores, reverting back to foods…
ContinueAdded by Little Seed Farm on June 18, 2012 at 9:01am — 2 Comments
Managing Enormous Lawn Disease
The Aspiring Farmer Blog
I don’t know why, but I had some perception in my head that farmers didn’t really do much yard work and that it was all about farming. Yards didn’t really exist. For some farmers that may be the case. In the future, I hope that’s the case for me. But right now some form of yard work takes up at least a few hours of my time each week.
The major culprit is mowing the lawn. The people that lived here…
Added by Little Seed Farm on June 11, 2012 at 6:25am — 9 Comments
The Buckling
The Aspiring Farmer Blog
There aren’t too many male animals on our farm. I can count them on one hand. I like to joke with Sweetbreads about “my team” of guys around here. The house cat (Levon), the male guinea (Guinea-Cent), our Silkie rooster (Elvis), and that’s about it. Until Saturday we also had a little buckling that was still nursing off one of our milking does (Mayday). Mayday came to us with two one month old kids and for the…
ContinueAdded by Little Seed Farm on June 4, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments
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