Category Schleitheim Farm
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New farm poster’s finally up
4 May 2013
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- Finally got the poster up.Read More
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March 2013 Fruit Tree update
30 March 2013
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With a lot of trees in their fruiting mode right now, I thought I would show a few of them. This is exactly 6 weeks since the last pictorial update.
Here's the Asian Pear.
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The travails of buying local
19 February 2013
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Just some semi-random thoughts on the travails of buying local.I love to support our local small businesses. Buying from local folks and sources is important to us. As much as we can, we want to support local people. Not just the local economy,
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February 2013 Farm Pictorial
16 February 2013
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Thought I would present some snapshots of some of the growth going on around here.
Here are some pluot branches, looking very promising. This was an attempt at growing 3 trees in 1 hole. Went very well last year in their first year of growth. I'm
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Farm update: February 2013
15 February 2013
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Just wanted to pass along an update on the farm.
As winter is coming to an end, the weather starts to warm up here in California's central valley. We haven't had our last freeze yet, but the temps in general are going to go up. And that means so
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Third Way Farming
28 December 2012
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One the one hand, there are large farms, which include but are not limited to the companies you find in so-called Big Ag. Typically they are characterized as extremely large operations, with a massive amount ofRead More -
Wisdom: Wendell Berry
6 December 2012
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Some wise words from Wendell Berry.Read More -
Homesteader’s right of passage
4 November 2012
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I feel as if I've gone through the homesteader's right of passage.Yesterday, with the help of some good friends just down the street, I successfully processed two of our chickens.
Processing, if you're not up on the lingo, refers to the
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Insight via Carl’s Jr.?
18 October 2012
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I saw this on a Carl’s Jr. take out bag the other day: “Made with quality ingredients. Like flavor and awesomeness.” I immediately thought of Monsanto and the battle over labeling products with GMO ingredients here in California, a.k.a. Prop 37.
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Eggs-a-plenty
22 September 2012
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Well, we're getting there now. Our hens are starting to lay. The ducks are getting back into the swing of things.Thought I'd take a few snapshots of what's in our fridge right now. These have been collected this week. And this is after
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Coconut ice . . . cream?
6 August 2012
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Saturday I took a food adventure and created a dessert I had never created before. I had never even eaten it before. Even my taste buds were running blind on this one.
I tried to make coconut ice cream. Ice cream is no mystery. Most of us have
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Truly free ranging
23 July 2012
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Every morning, when I open the pen for the ducks and geese, they like to stretch their wings. We all do.Geese do it better than anyone, beast or man.
First they'll honk at you. Maybe squeak. Just a little.
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A farm it is then
20 July 2012
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We live on a farm. It's probably not what your thinking. There's no big red barn. There are no rolling fields of corn or hay. And there are no sheep dogs to call on. Since we have no sheep why would we need the services of a sheep dog?
No,
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What’s up on the farm?
10 June 2012
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I wanted to publish a simple post on what is going on at Schleitheim Farm right now. Again, this is all still in the infancy stages. We have not even owned the property for a year yet, and we're still learning a lot about getting a small scale farmRead More
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