Category Archives: Farm Crew
Busy busy
Our work days this week were “interrupted” by a bout of snow that shook us out of our springtime glee and blanketed the farm in a classic winter wonderland. Luckily we had a few indoor tasks lined up for just … Continue reading
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Fencing project update
We have a list of winter projects that seemed extremely daunting at the time it was written. It deals a lot with farm infrastructure, like building wood storage and organizing the barn. One of the big ticket items on the … Continue reading
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Seeding
It’s hard to believe it, but the first signs of Spring are emerging here at White Oak. Really, it doesn’t feel at all like winter, except for a few odd morning hours when the temperature is cold and the fog … Continue reading
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
…Especially when your neighbors are goats and sheep. This week we started implementing a new fencing plan on the southern tip of the property. The new fencing will allow the White Oak herd to access a lot of new pasture. … Continue reading
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Winter projects
At the moment we’re not milking goats, harvesting strawberries, weeding onions, or loading up truckloads of produce to take to market. With the cold, a quiet draws over the farm, and we take on less glamorous work. The past two … Continue reading
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Back to work
The White Oak crew got back to work yesterday, braving ceaseless fog and chilly temperatures to add a gate onto the new wood storage and clean up perennial beds that border the vegetable plots. It wasn’t a hard day of … Continue reading
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Happy New Year
We woke up in this New Year to a thin coat of fresh powder. Just after dawn we let out the turkeys, chickens, goats and sheep, and took note of the fox tracks around the turkey house. Tyler and I … Continue reading
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