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New farm poster’s finally up

4 May 2013 Schleitheim FarmTop Stories  One comment

Finally got the poster up.

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February 2013 Farm Pictorial

16 February 2013 Schleitheim FarmTop Stories  No comments

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 Schleitheim FarmTop Stories  One comment

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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Eggs-a-plenty

22 September 2012 Schleitheim FarmTop Stories  No comments

Angeld shot at some of the duck eggs, with some brown chicken eggs in the background (from an Orpington, Rhode Island Red, Naked Neck, and others. Even a Silkie egg in there somewhere.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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Truly free ranging

23 July 2012 Schleitheim Farm  No comments

Geese at 5 months


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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