The garden and all us critters finally had a welcome drench of rain, after an extremely dry summer. Most crops did well despite the drought, with the exception of the celery and corn.
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Wwoof-eye view
It’s always fun to see the farm through the eyes of others, here’s some pictures from Willing Workers on Organic Farms Jeanne and Carsten. Thanks for all the help through haying, harvesting, markets, festival clean-up, weeding, cooking, raspberry pickin’, pea shellin’…
Salmon Glacier
It’s hard to get away from the farm in the heat of the Summer, but if doing so you could do worse than making a bee-line to the coast to Stewart and Hyder.
Summertime
Happy Summertime! The chicks are sure loving being outside…
New calf, more lambs
2 day old JerseyX bull calf to Hazel, any suggestion on names? (I know, you shouldn’t name the boys on the farm…)
sunshine and thunderclouds
As we get the garden in, we’re enjoying sunshine and passing thundershowers.
April Showers
Passing April showers are greening things up and getting the garden growing, and leaving behind some beautiful evening light.
Grumpy Cows
In response to a call out for ‘grumpy farmer’ pics in opposition to Bill 24 and its weakening of the Agricultural Land Reserve, the cows also decided to have their moo’s (and bellows!) heard in Victoria. ALR Watch
Farm Animals
The animals are enjoying these first snow and ice free days, not-so-patiently waiting for the world to green up.
Longer days
‘Nature never makes haste; her systems revolve at an even pace. The buds swell imperceptibly, without hurry or confusion, as though the short spring days were an eternity’ – Thoreau
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