Last summer we had a really tough time with the rice. Transplants being eaten, unfinished irrigation and lack of nutrients lead to a crop failure. During the summer we were able to help control the chipmunks and laid out our … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentThis afternoon we had a class from Green Mountain College come out to the farm. After a quick tour around the farm we headed down to the rice paddy to do some harvesting. They didn’t have much time so we … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 CommentsAnother week has streaked by us here at Breezy Meadows. The days are still getting longer but there is never enough sunlight to get everything done. This week more then most because after a day of rice planting Meadow’s wrists … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentWell 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 talked about bending the pipe in a previous post(here) and now I’ll go over how we did the rest of the tunnel. I designed the tunnel based on the professional manufactured tunnels from a few different companies. SketchUp helped … Continue reading
Posted in Farming Tech, Growing Food, Uncategorized | 1 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 CommentWe have been working up to this day for quite a while now. The survey stakes are out. The sides of the field have been cleared back a bit and our giant white pine Christmas tree in the middle has … Continue reading
Posted in Farming Tech, Growing Food, Rice, Uncategorized | Leave a 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 CommentHere is a guest post from my dad who designed us a homemade garden cart. We’re passing along how we recently built a heavy duty garden cart. This homemade garden cart can be built using two bicycle wheels, angle iron, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 CommentsPutting 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
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