welcome to the farm
Apr 28 2013
It is unmistakably springtime. The barn swallows have returned. The daffodils are blooming. The tulips — at least those few that are regularly Bobexed, to avoid the predations of the deer — are blooming. And even our peach trees are blooming. They were Jen’s Mothers’ Day present last year. On Sunday we had such spectacular weather […]
Apr 21 2013
Sarah dug her golf clubs out of the back of the hall closet and drove a few balls into the pasture. Springtime brings Ring-necked Ducks to the pond. This year we have an odd menage of three males and a female. On Saturday, Jen and I took a walk and counted nine herons’ nests in the swamp. […]
Apr 15 2013
Here is the proud father of Sarah’s new puppy, who was born (with her seven siblings) on April 6, 2013. She will join us in June. Here’s a tired-looking mom with her puppies.
Apr 14 2013
We have been conducting a low-level war with the Canada Geese as long as we’ve been at the farm. They are pestilent, and persistent. But I too am persistent: whenever we see geese, we run across the lawn at them, screaming, and then get in the rowboat to chase them off the pond. Our neighbors think […]
Apr 07 2013
Sarah dusted off her bicycle for the first ride of the season. Here is one of our resident turkeys. Soon we should have lots of poults (that is farm talk for baby turkeys). On Sunday, Sarah went for a trail ride in Walden N.Y. with her friend Michaela (not pictured).