City Kids Week - 32

Another week on the farm has come and gone.  Another calf was born.  The turkeys were processed.  Continuing to add more manure to the garden to put it to bed and continuing to harvest.  Apple Pressing has begun, leaves are really starting to change and we had our first frost!

Below are the photos from the week to highlight everything that is going on.

(Remember if you want a picture of something specific, just write a comment below and I will make it happen)

The half and half tree at the TOW

Our first frost…Oct. 1st

View from the Top of the World (TOW)…leaves just starting to change

Alyana gave birth to Arista on 10-2-17

Burlington was weaned on Friday with…..

Buggie!!  And moved to the pasture!

Both Burlington and Buggie seem to be enjoying life in the pasture.

Adding Hay on top of
the manure to keeps the beds
nice and warm through the winter

The carrots are all pulled up
and ground covered with
compost.

Purple Brussels Sprouts are starting to
form!!

Apple Pressing Time!!!

Washing the apples

Farmer picking the apples

Farmers grinding the apples

Rob pressing the chopped apples

Cider coming from press

Filtering the cider

And then enjoying the sweet taste all week long!!!

October's Photos

October's Photos...the leaves are starting to change, but not peak yet.

Farm

Woods

Meditation Path

Apple Orchard

Garden

City Kids - Week 31

After several extremely hot days on the farm it finally feels like fall!!

Look what has been going on:

Jypsy was born to Julia on 9-25-17
She is a wild one!

Natasha's bull, which farmers' named Nanny
Born 9-28-17

This Friday Juicy and Alabama were weaned and put outside
to pasture with the other young heifers.

The turkeys have grown so much in 15 weeks, but they still act the same :)

15 Weeks Old

1 Week Old

Garden Happenings:

The herbs dried and ready to be used in the kitchen

Fresh herbs that were harvested this week

Inner Maze Sunflowers now blooming

Harvested our first corn!!!!

City Kids - Week 30

Open house is this 

Saturday Sept. 23rd from 10am - 3pm

if you are around please come

join us!!!!!

 On other news; the first day of fall happened yesterday, so it is official!
Below you will see it has been a busy week for the small animal creatures.

We have 4 new bull calfs in the barn.

Vermont's dam is Valentina (he was born Sept. 18th)

Bingo's dam is Bobbie (he was born Sept. 22nd)

Butters: Dam Brodie,
Born Sept. 18th

Vermont and Bingo

Joker: Dame Joyful,
Born Sept. 16th

Not only did we have calves added to the barn we had a couple leave and join the heifers in the pasture.

All the heifers relaxing together.

Winona and Alaska join the pasture princesses.

Highlights from the Garden: 

Added Alpaca manure to raised beds
to prep them for winter.

The farmers planted lettuce this week.

Dug potatoes!!!

30 meat chicks came to the farm….they have been enjoying
the summer weather in the garden!

Rodney and his 3 hens came back to the garden to help
clear the garden of the bad bugs.