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November 2010
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Cane Creek Turkeys Enjoy Their 2 Minutes of Fame on UNC TV’s NC Now
Cane Creek Farm’s heritage breed Bourbon Red turkeys enjoyed a moment in the spotlight when NC Now stopped by the farm to film a segment on NC grown Thanksgiving turkeys. Eliza MacLean discusses some of the many reasons that people buy our turkeys, including their amazing taste and the wholesome and humane way they are raised.
...read morelongest acres 2010-11-22 00:36:00
a totally tiring week. it is finally sunday night. sunday night is my friday night these farm days. i have tomorrow and the next off. ostensibly. though…thanksgiving week is upon us and the farm will be alight with family and turkeys-to-be-sold. so t…
...read morelongest acres 2010-11-17 17:26:00
today is wednesday. i bought a full jug of milk and of oj on monday….monday afternoon. this is how quickly the two of us go through them. nick has started drinking a glass of whole milk at dinner with me. and then we usually have another at dessert. …
...read morelongest acres 2010-11-17 17:12:00
i have some muddy boots. i did a little boot shopping this week. the cowboy boots were 6 dollars at the goodwill. the blundstones were a treat. its getting awfully slippery muddy dirty in the pig and bird pens.we have a very strict ‘no shoes’ rule in t…
...read morelongest acres 2010-11-16 18:56:00
i have accomplished a very small but tiring thing today. i made us a shower curtain. i talked about this for…..well… its november 16th and we moved in after labor day….so a solid 2 months of talking and talking.there were many a challange to over…
...read morelongest acres 2010-11-16 18:34:00
this is how big oscar is getting. just to keep you all updated. he is a happy little mud-lover. but i can still pick him up.
...read moreBess on a break
I’m walking our biggest ossabaw sow, bess, to the barn today so she can farrow (give birth) in peace. Here she is taking a cool-down break in one of our ponds.
...read moreRed Jungle Fowl
We have many chickens on the farm here, many of which are the product of barnyard in-breeding, mutt-making and the freedom to choose their mates. Since the owners have always been interested in heritage and endangered breeds, we also have many old-timey and rare breeds from different parts of the world. I believe, from all [...]
...read morelongest acres 2010-11-11 22:42:00
tomorrow. finally. getting to the post. letters and paintings going out to various brooklyn dwellings…one to upstate….one to california…..and of course one to gaie paris.i miss you all. so terribly much. i wish that i could send myself to all of …
...read moreTriple Hump
Our pigs are hilarious. I think these are all boys.
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