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Category Archives: 2013

Another year

With plentiful thanks to the wwoofers, warmshower cyclists, other willing helpers, and market customers that have made 2013 another great year on the farm.  Here’s some late-season farm views from wwoofer Steph Wetherell.

Posted byWoodGrainJanuary 1, 2014February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:autumn, farmscapes, jersey cows, wwoofers

Fall Day

Probably one of the last days of the grass being green, before everything turns to white.

Posted byWoodGrainNovember 12, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:autumn, farmscapes, mountains

Fanning Mill

Cleaned this year’s rye harvest with the ol’ Cockshutt No2 fanning mill, ready for the stone mill.  Moved the ‘granary’ shipping container to its permanent home behind the tractor shed, now to build a roof over it before the snow falls…

Posted byWoodGrainNovember 3, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:grains, old tools, tractor

harvest time

It’s been a busy month with harvesting and the last of the markets.  Now the garden is tilled, the root cellar is full, squash is curing, rye is ready for milling and the straw is in the barn.  

Posted byWoodGrainOctober 15, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:farmers' market, grains, homesteading, vegetables

Morning Mist

These misty late-summer mornings in the garden makes picking vegetables for market even more rewarding.

Posted byWoodGrainSeptember 9, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:autumn, farmscapes, garden

faerie circle

I’ve long suspected this place is a little bit enchanted.  The largest Giant Puffball mushroom so far weighed 30lbs.

Posted byWoodGrainSeptember 6, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:mushrooms, sheep

Garden 2013

All in all, a pretty happy year in the garden for most growing things.

Posted byWoodGrainAugust 15, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:garden, grains

Bales

Thanks Eric, Angelique, Lynden, and Scott for the hand getting the rest of the hay in.  Photos by Eric Gier  http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodbike Also, we had a visit from travelling photo journalist Eugénie Frerichs as we got the last loads in, who has a photo diary in  Modern Farmer

Posted byWoodGrainJuly 22, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:haying, tractor, wwoofers

Hay…

Got the first round of hay in during this last dry spell – cheers to Eric, Ryan and Andi for the help!

Posted byWoodGrainJuly 9, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:haying, wwoofers

Giant Puffballs

Crazy year so far for the giant puffball mushrooms in the sheep pasture, if you’d like some come on by…

Posted byWoodGrainJune 19, 2013February 19, 2017Posted in2013Tags:mushrooms

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