Well it was cold and rainy all week. We did have a few lovely moments of sunshine but they were pretty fleeting and usually followed by rain, thunder, lightening, hail or all of the above. We did not necessarily lose … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentIt is warming up here, we have many baby animals at the farm and more to come in the next couple weeks, Gregina is definitely pregnant and looking it more and more very day. We will be selling piglets once … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 CommentsBoy and a Girl born 4:00am monday morning.
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 CommentsIt is too warm here. Josh and I spent the weekend in Burlington where they at least got a dusting of snow but we returned to the lovely brown landscape that is what we’ve looked at all winter. My goats … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentIt is squishy and brown here in Tinmouth. We have been seeding places that need it this week, and plan to put some peas in the ground for shoots later this week. It is so strange to not have snow … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentStill no snow, but it’s been great for building projects. It rained/sleeted/iced thursday/friday so we spent those days inside working on our seed orders. We are using Richard Wiswall’s data sheets to figure out our CSA shares and planting schedules. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentI didn’t want to write about how we are having a snow-less winter since maybe it would jinx us into getting 18 feet like Alaska, but it’s so bizarre I have to say something about it. It is now January … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentWe are into the second week of december and I am still tracking in great globs of mud whenever I enter the house. It seems to strange to still be working the soil and getting in posts so far into … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentThe snow from my last post has long since melted and the weather has been balmy and sunny for the most part. I planted all my bulbs and put some ranunculus in our high-tunnel to see what it will do. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentThe brilliance of fall has come and gone since I’ve written last. I apologize for my absence from the blog, but all we have decided to accomplish this fall and all the little things I wish I could have done … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 CommentsFrost has finally reached us. It is amazingly beautiful, all the grass coated with silver, and the clover looks like something you would find in a china cabinet. Although it does mean the end of the green season and the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentPutting on socks and sweaters has already become a habit in the morning here. I also put on a shallow pot of water to heat up Esther’s udder wash, which she seems to appreciate. Part of me can’t believe its … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentOur Kickstarter project has been launched!! We have 30 days to make out goal of $5,500 for building our paddy systems. Go to www.kickstarter.com to view our project description, rewards for funders, and our awesome video!
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentOur high-tunnel has skin! Just in time as the weather begins to dip down into the 40′s at night. Our tomatoes will now hopefully last a bit longer with their new house over them. We got it rolling a week … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments~ We at Breezy Meadows weathered the storm with little to no disasters. Thankfully for us my father put a tarp over the bottom of our driveway. Although the Poultney River did flood over the road, thanks to the plastic … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentIts been hard to get off the mountain this week, really its been hard for the last several weeks. Not having internet or a phone and being a mile up a dirt road and having so much to do really … Continue reading
Posted in Goats/Chickens, Uncategorized | 5 CommentsWe’ve had a good few days of soaking rain. It has kept us inside doing the necessary inside things like starting starts like broccoli, spinach, cabbage, kale, and Tatsoi and doing some planning for next year. This coming week we … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment* Second week of August and our tomato plants are still holding off on turning ripe. We’ve been harvesting cherries and glaciers off the plants but all the big guys are just hanging out in their green skins refusing to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 CommentsAugust. The beginning of the bounty months. Our tomatoes are beginning to ripen, the peppers are hanging heavy on the plants, the carrots are getting ready to pull and the beans always need picking. We just bought a huge chest … Continue reading
Posted in Goats/Chickens, Rice, Uncategorized | 1 Comment* The air here has been thick, heavy and hot for the last week. Even at night when we are used to having cool breezes to put us to sleep the air has been sticky and stagnant. This morning for … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Goats/Chickens, Recipes | 1 CommentIt has been a sunny humid week here in the hills of Tinmouth Vermont. Conditions our rice seem to have enjoyed very much. I’m not sure why I was as surprised as I was to see the first seed head … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentBaby animals, weeds, and the weather. The week has flown by for us here at Breezy Meadows. I apologize for the single picture post last week the insanity of having a kidding, 16 turkeys arrive and 32 chicks all in … Continue reading
Posted in Goats/Chickens | 4 CommentsWe now have three goats! ~
Posted in Goats/Chickens | 4 CommentsWe have pigs! Four of them, three for meat this fall and one to keep as a breeder. We named them after meat products so as to be reminded daily of what these adorable little kiddies will turn into. Bacon, … Continue reading
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