Hey everybody! We are into full-on craziness here at Stony Creek!! We’re running around between the rain drops tilling and planting, moving fences and collecting eggs, harvesting our first crops and cooking delicious farm fresh meals AND… discovering newborn animals!! Here’s a quick look at the two new beltie calves that were born in the…
what a day
April 28th began with some of the hardest rain storms since the flood of 2006. It was a reminder of just how bad it was 5 years ago. As I described it then – it was like the hardest 2 minute surge of an already intense downpour, but for 4 days straight!! As the day…
to blog…or not to blog that is the question
Phew these early spring days always kick my butt…. By 9 o’clock I am physically worn, emotionally drained and totally exhausted. My muscles ache from the 5-gallon bucket lifting that I must do to fill the sheep’s water -7 full ones to fill it 2 times a day. Fill them at the creek and then…
Sierra
I (kate) did a short interview for a local radio show while I was working a bit at Lucky Dog Farm this morning. And since I have begun milking Sierra again…(who I must say has matured quite a bit from her teenage skittering of last year.) she was very much on my mind. During the…
birth update
Spring seems like it might be creeping in… The kids and I started more seeds in our greenhouse today and we actually sweated while we did it! This morning while I Isaac and I were doing chores we had a few surprises: 1) When looking in on Sierra, our very pregnant Jersey cow, we noticed…
Still WInter in Walton
Still no calf from our sweet Jersey cow, Sierra. I am guessing that she will calve when we least expect it. (does that count as expecting it?) The temperatures around here refuse to go above 40 at day and drop to a mean 20 and lower at night. We have used up almost all of…
a good scratch
Here’s Jack having a good scratch in the Winter sunshine. His mother, Sierra is in the background. We’re headed to NYC today for our monthly home deliveries. If you’d like to be included, get in touch with kate@stonycreekfarm.org
Joel Salatin’s remarks at the Weston A. Price Foundation’s Wise Traditions conference
This man should need no introduction. But if he does, read Michael Pollan’s, The Omnivore’s Dilemma (granted, reading a book is a lengthy introduction, but you should read it anyway!) Here he is at his best: http://www.westonaprice.org/farm-a-ranch/2087-the-politics-of-food.html and here he is holding our baby son Isaac 4 years ago!!
February apples and National Geographic Traveller article!
ok, so we didn’t grow the apples, but our friends at Pie in the Sky (Oneonta, NY) did. and we’ve had them stored in our root cellar (closet) since late fall. they are still delicious and not a bit mealy. also, check out our press page for a great little article about the farm that…
