Category Archives: Our Farm

Our Farm: Planting Elderberries

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Jennifer

I ordered elderberries from the Missouri Department of Conservation as part of my seedling tree order that I placed late last fall.  The elderberries, along with the pawpaws and pecans, arrived recently.  (Last year I had also ordered some elderberries … Continue reading →

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Adding Berries to Our Farm

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Jennifer

One of the things I really want to get established on our farm are a variety of berries, fruits and nuts.  We were able to transplant the currants here in November and it appears that most of them have survived … Continue reading →

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Building a Grape Trellis: Part I

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Jennifer

You may recall that we transplanted our grapes to our new farm back in November.  In anticipation of them growing, I have wanted to get started on building the arbor.  Friday the weather was fairly nice and it seemed like … Continue reading →

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Farm Progress: The Farrowing Huts are Finished

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Jennifer

We finished building the new farrowing huts with virtually no time to spare.  So far the design of the huts seems to be working well.  We have been busy, busy with taking turns checking on sows and gilts pigging around … Continue reading →

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Farm Progress: Farrowing Barn Improvements

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Jennifer

The shed that we are converting to our farrowing barn has/had several issues that we wanted to address: two of the skylights had blown off, the electrical box and much of the wiring needed replaced and upgraded, many of the … Continue reading →

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