We worked the pigs yesterday morning-- replaced a lot of the deep straw bedding, cleaned the dunging area (surprising no one, raising pigs isn't always glamorous), cleaned out the waterer and feeder. 

Boy, were these little guys happy to have a fresh pile of straw to ro...

Meet the beautiful field pea sprout. 

I call her beautiful because she represents so many things to our farm: a part of a well-rounded crop rotation, a non-soy protein component in animal rations, a soil builder. Also, from an aesthetic position, which the city girl in...

Some days, you can work your butt off and not feel like you've made much progress. Today was not one of those days. In a matter of two hours, we were able to get our newest outdoor paddock etched out and scavanged the required materials to start putting up fencing. 

My...