After 90's last week frost warning tonight
Well, fall is officially here, but, boy is the weather keeping us on our toes! It's going to be a scramble to get set up and the...
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Nic
- Sep 2, 2019
- 1 min
Microbursts are Not Fun
This is our barn before the microburst, if I can get my computer to cooperate I'll post video of it after the storm. I didn't take any...
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Nic
- Jun 3, 2019
- 1 min
Beautiful Day
Today was just one of those gorgeous late spring days; 65 degrees, light breeze, sunny. After 2 inches of rain, thunderstorms, and...
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Nic
- May 29, 2019
- 1 min
So What Does the Farm Look Like Now?
Well, the trees are fully in leaf since about 10 days ago when the black walnuts finally unfurled their leaves. The garden is about 1/4...
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Nic
- May 29, 2019
- 1 min
So much NEWs so little time!
Spring is rapidly drawing to a close. We have passed our final frost (possible) date last weekend having gotten a two week head start on...
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Nic
- Apr 15, 2019
- 1 min
Surprise it's Spring, No wait it's Summer, Just Kidding It's Winter...
It was 41 degrees when I got up yesterday, by the time we got home from church it was 56 degrees and pretty chilly with a brisk wind, by...
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Nic
- Apr 13, 2019
- 2 min
A Season without Music
Welcome Back. No, not you... you never left. Welcome back to me :) It has been a long fall and winter season and I have not been on the...
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Nic
- Dec 11, 2018
- 3 min
If It's Broke...FIX IT! or at least give it a try.
In today's world so many things that could be repaired end up being thrown away. Usually because it's "easier" and "cheaper" to toss...
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Nic
- Nov 28, 2018
- 1 min
Thanksgiving Work Day
Now, I hate to do it, but it always seems to happen. When my two oldest kids are home from college, we try to think of fun family things...
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Nic
- Nov 16, 2018
- 1 min
Enjoy It As It Comes.
It has been a rapid shift for sure this year and after picking the very last greens and finding a few potatoes I had missed...SNOW! Now...
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Nic
- Nov 12, 2018
- 1 min
Quick! That was Fall.
Well, If you blinked you missed it. The leaves just weren't changing and many were just turning brown and falling off the trees through...
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Nic
- Oct 30, 2018
- 1 min
Molting, It's Not a Pretty Sight
It is the time of year when my laying hens molt out their old feathers. The hen above, Hannah Abbott, usually is a full feathered poofy...
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Nic
- Oct 30, 2018
- 1 min
What Happens When...
So what happens when a wheelbarrow flips over onto your foot with a full load of firewood effectively trapping your foot under the whole...
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Nic
- Oct 29, 2018
- 2 min
Enjoying the Last of the...
November is just a mud puddle away now and summer a swiftly fading memory. When I open the door in the predawn there are no crickets,...
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Nic
- Sep 14, 2018
- 1 min
Harvest Time
I wish I could multiply myself (though honestly, what mom hasn't?) in spring and fall in particularly. There are just so many jobs that...
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Nic
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Just When You Least Expect It-SURPRISE!
We had given up on Tasha, she is one of AGH gilts and we had put her in with a boar in the hopes of a fall litter of piglets, but they...
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Nic
- Sep 10, 2018
- 1 min
Rain, Rain, Go Away!
It is tough to say but there are times we need a break. No farm can survive without the life giving blessing of rain. Here in NW PA we...
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Nic
- Aug 18, 2018
- 2 min
Weed-ma-geddon!!!
It has been a awhile since I posted on any of my websites. i apologize. This is the first year that I have committed to blogging over...
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Nic
- Jul 24, 2018
- 2 min
Berry Season Wrapping Up
I love berries. Perhaps because a really good berry at the peak of sweetness and flavor, is such an ephemeral thing. Berries are...
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Nic
- Jul 16, 2018
- 1 min
Yard Sale!
This past week we joined up with our neighbors to host a yard sale. We ran it at their farm since the parking was easiest at their place...
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