One of the exciting elements of running a sheep farm is all of the talented artisans I get to collaborate with. We …
Shearing Day is Coming!
So, that long-awaited day is nearly here. At the end of this month our beautiful brood ewes and lambs will be sheared of …
A brief hello!
It has been a busy spring and summer here at Henny Penny Farm. I decided not to blog about the lambing until we …
Llamas and sheep and lambs, oh my!
Well, it was a busy winter. We were lucky not to have any snow to talk of this year, and minimal cold …
The cost of farming
I have been raising egg laying chickens for years and only feed them organic feed. When it was a handful of …
In reflection
The last six weeks have been a whirlwind of activity here on the farm. Besides the regular barnyard and garden …
Compost musings.
I was outside doing my evening chores a few weeks back, reflecting upon life and all of its twists and turns, and …
The Hot Border
Happy Labor Day! I wanted to share this photo of the 'hot' border shot this evening when I went out to do …
Workshops are here!
With the silence on my blog in August you might have wondered if I was just hanging around relishing the summer warmth …
Time to cool off
In July the cut flower gardens really started to produce and provide armloads of cut flowers on a daily basis. The month …
Sustaining ourselves
I constantly work to close the loop on our farm and to make it sustain itself. The less we have to buy and bring onto …
Can you smell the sweetness?
It takes four full months from sowing the seeds to prepping the soil to erecting the trellis to transplanting the …
