Marking

I knew, as soon as the first three boys were born, that it was going to be really hard to mark (castrate) the kids.  We’ve only ever had girls born, and I do wonder if the reason we had so many boys this time was because we didn’t give them apple cider vinegar in the…

The Orchard – Is it Finally an Orchard?

When we first began farming, we immediately wanted to plant some fruit trees and blueberry bushes.  Ethan had this idea of piping water over to a distant clearing that was covered in prickly ash.  We disagreed about this, but I had no better suggestions until I looked up from fencing the garden area and noticed…