Browsing Archive: February, 2015

Pictures!

Posted by Talena Kraus on Friday, February 20, 2015,

Yes, it took longer than I was hoping for this posting of photos. It wasn't just the connection, which, as I live in a valley in the country and our house is ICF so mostly concrete and steel on the outside, is not always great. It was also the memory available on my computer to run iPhoto and a host of other things. So this post is mostly pictures, taken today.

This is the inside of the poultry stall; most of the girls are under or in the nesting boxes, and you can see a few eggs as well. The ...


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Garden start-up, and chickens

Posted by Talena Kraus on Wednesday, February 11, 2015,
Everything still looks pretty snowy, so I thought I'd start a sort of "how does your garden grow" series and try to post a photo or two every week or so of the garden or other farm stuff so that you can see how things look before you actually get your produce in late June. I will also put up a photo or two of the seed starting process, because there really is a whole lot that happens before you get your produce; you can't just stuff seeds into the ground in rows and end up with lovely product...
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2015 Season Opener!

Posted by Talena Kraus on Tuesday, February 3, 2015,

It’s February, and while that does still mean snow, and slogging through it to carry buckets to the water trough or feed to the barn, and mucking out stalls that are partially frozen while my own hands start freezing, it’s also …. seed catalogue time! Most of them actually arrive through January, but by February they’re all here and I can look through them and compare. 


I really like seed catalogues, and have a growing fondness for the ones with descriptions that go beyond the type, ...


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About Me


I am essentially a country girl - I grew up on this farm, I rode horses (still do but not as much as I'd like), ran, rode my mountain bike through the woods, and had a whole lot of pets growing up. So, it follows that I went to school and became an ecologist, working with animals and plants and their interactions. I'm married and we have three children, all of whom seem to be growing much faster than seems possible. With that background, taking over the farm and turning it from hobby to business seemed like a logical next step - it's amazing how well my childhood, ecology work, parenting, and just general outlook have so many ties to each other and to working on the land where I live.

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