Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Whole Farm Planning for Beginning Women Farmers

Maurine and I were accepted into this program that will help us to plan our farm for success! It sounds interesting and intense. Several days of classroom work, homework, and farm visits. The program is funded via a grant from the USDA and the course itself is developed by Holistic Management International. http://holisticmanagement.org/

Friday, November 23, 2012

A Thanksgiving Egg Basket

Don discovered a turkey nest in the woods today....full of eggs! We had noticed the hens spending a lot of time in the woods these last several days.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Big Birds

I knew the turkeys were getting big....but not that big! After being totally dressed out they weighed in at 38 and 36 pounds. I wonder what they weighed before that???

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Goodbye to our Splendid Toms

These two guys will be moved to the freezer tonight.
They were big, beautiful birds that we enjoyed having roam the yard. They leave behind the two hens, who will live on indefinitely.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

A Turkey Egg!!!!

This afternoon, one of the hen turkeys wandered off by herself into the woods and was gone for quite some time. We speculated she was maybe brooding. So after she reappeared, I went scavenging in the woods where she had been and found this egg she had laid. I brought it in and nested it amongst the salvaged feathers of the tom turkey that was killed by a predator last week.

Nike

Nike
good 'ole Nike, we miss you!