July 2010

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last farmers market in carrboro then racing home to finish…

last farmers market in carrboro then racing home to finish packing.

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piglet update squirt or “mr. pig” was the size that…

piglet update
squirt or “mr. pig” was the size that oscar is now when we arrived on the farm back in june. he is now over 65 pounds and is living amongst other pigs his age in the spring pen. it was difficult saying goodbye to him BUT having a “p…

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Milking Goats

Every night we milk Rosie who lost her kids and now produces milk for our hurt piglets. Goats have a lot of personality, enjoy scratches on the head and hugs around the belly and seem to genuinely like people. In addition their meat is supposedly better nutritionally than beef and tastes great. In the photo [...]

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good morning, thursday.

It is a beautiful Thursday morning, and so I thought I’d help myself get moving by writing a little bit about my plans in the garden today.Today I hope to….harvest all of the okra, peppers, and melons that need harvesting in the upper garden. (our ok…

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Market Day

Today is also market day. On Wednesdays and Saturdays kate and I head to our local farmers market in carrboro about 40 minutes away. We have the coolest market vehicle, for sure.

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…part II as we were coming off our we live in france high…

…part II
as we were coming off our we live in france high we were having a crisis of conscience about what to do next. 
we both had our immediate futures planned out. and i mean immediate….just the next month future. nick was going to tanzania a…

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Moving Pigs

Today we had to move some young pigs who escaped previous attempts to our spring/summer stock pen. These are couple month old pigs who will become market pigs later in the year. After weaning, these pigs live together in a big pen as they approach 250-275 pounds. At that point we start catching them a [...]

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watching the most boring movie on this rainy afternoon. so…

watching the most boring movie on this rainy afternoon. so translates into just playing with oscar on the couch.

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finally starting to get to people’s questions and they all…

finally starting to get to people’s questions and they all seem to be surrounding two issues; why did we up and quit our jobs & go to france for the winter? and how did we get to this farm & how is it to live on the farm?
so instead of answering the …

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Kate’s Blog: today i am thankful…. for cheerwine and sun drop for fiona…

today i am thankful….
for cheerwine and sun drop
for fiona & billy and toby all visiting the farm last week
for elizabeth entrusting all us 20-somethings with the farm while she is at the river
for the peach-honey preserves that nick just made
for os…

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