Thursday, October 16, 2008

New Life at the Farm


After 21 days of carefully tending the incubator full of chicken eggs, here are the four that decided to enter the world. Their names are Izzy--yellow, Cricket--tiny one, Silver Pullet--the inquisitive silver one, and Cider--brown coloring on the face. They are the result of various pairings of different breeds of hens and roosters, so it will be interesting to see what they look like as they grow.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Fall Arrives and Winter Squash Harvest Begins


Frost is predicted tonight so we are harvesting winter squash very quickly--among them Long Island cheese, Black Futsu, Butternuts, Acorns, Red Kuri and La Estrella. Here is Elizabeth with another load to take up.