Raised Garden Beds – Their evolution……
In late 2010 after I left Borders and moved to our home in Vermont full time, we decided to create raised beds. We had an open and sunny space in the side yard. I figured with my back, life would be...
View ArticleGrowing Mushrooms at Fayrehale Farm — Have *You* Grown Mushrooms?
We are ready to add growing mushrooms to our food production exploits here at Fayrehale Farm , the home of Fayrehale Chantecler Chickens. We have done some reading and feel the decision is with plug...
View ArticleVANDANA SHIVA: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Living
“If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she’s giving you great company.” Vandana Shiva Normally this site is for me to show and share our own efforts and journey towards maximizing our self...
View ArticleCabin Fever – The Robins Keep on Singing!
Cliff Ice on my walk today “Cabin Fever” is not something I usually experience! I love winter as long as I have access to a wood heat source to “warm my bones”. Wood stove heat is the only heat that...
View ArticleThink of all the beauty still left around you and be happy !
I am aware of the fact that too many people fail to see the real beauty in their immediate world. There is beauty around us every moment of every day. We just need to take time to see and appreciate...
View ArticleIcelandic Chicken Eggs arrive on the Ides of March
Icelandic Cock - Mack Hill Farm I had the pleasure and the privilege of visiting Mack Hill Farm today to see their flock and acquire my Icelandic Chicken hatching eggs! Mack Hill Farm is a great...
View ArticleEUREKA !!! It was a Success and Not a Failure !
Winter Harvest 2011 In 2011 we decided to attempt a winter greenhouse here in Vermont based on Eliot Coleman‘s book Winter Harvest and grow winter greens. We knew we were late getting the seeds...
View ArticleThinking about Spring!
Jumping the gun a little and replacing the winter image in the header with one from the archives. On this, the second full day of Spring we are still snow covered. I am ready for and I am “seeing”...
View ArticleBitter Melon
Bitter Melon After My First Taste I have always been open to and held a great respect for ancient medicines and traditions. My major complaint about American Medicine is that it is orchestrated and...
View ArticleBusy Spring At Fayrehale Farm !
The Forsythia Has Started to Open – 4/24/13 I just realized that nothing has been posted since 3/31/13 ! Over three weeks ago! I was looking at fayrehalefarm.com site traffic. 2/3s of the visitors...
View ArticleTime Flies by this Time of Year.
Time seems to have gotten away from me as I move through one day after the other progressing towards Memorial Day when we can plant the garden. I have learned over a life time NOT to push it! No...
View ArticleBelieving in and Preserving the WHITE Chantecler – The original Canadian...
When I started researching endangered heritage chicken breeds prior to retirement, I settled on the Canadian White Chantecler. A Breed developed by Brother Wilfred Chantelain, a Trappist monk and...
View ArticleMoved In To Our Summer Sleeping Quarters Tuesday night!
Our Summer Sleeping Tent – Lots of Fresh Air – Connection to Nature At This Point in Life We Need A Bed Pair of Lounge Reading Chairs at the Other End Moved in Tuesday night. So glad to be back...
View Article“Peggy” The Chantecler Chick !
“Peggy” On June 4th a local woman contacted me and asked for one fertile egg. They had placed a supposedly fertile egg under their hen and their small children were waiting eagerly for the egg to...
View ArticleMy Other Special Place
Star Island, Isles of Shoals, N.H. Those of you who know me and have followed our lives here in Vermont, know how special our small piece of property is! Prior to finding this special haven we call...
View ArticlePallet Gardening – A Great and Versatile System
Back in April I wrote an entry that included a segment on plans for creating a pallet garden. I am a strong believer in growing food NOT lawns. Having seen the concept some where, I wanted to give...
View ArticleFayrehale Farm Melon House Prepared & Planted
Back on February 4th, I wrote about our intent to have a melon house this season and to grow melons in Vermont! We selected four varieties for our first attempt at melons. The hoop house has been...
View ArticleA Few Gardening Updates As We Have A Monsoon Season In Vermont !
Small Potato Patch We have a love and a preference for new, small potatoes! I never plan on any being left in the fall for storage! If I were to want potatoes to hold over the winter I would need a...
View ArticleRoyal Mail Delivery !
This morning’s mail delivered my copy of the August 2013 issue of The British Magazine Home Farmer. Exciting to actually hold this great magazine and to be able to turn the pages and read it. Sightly...
View ArticleCooking Heritage Birds
A very quick and brief posting today! We have been busy in the gardens and working w/ poultry. Young chicks, Saxony ducklings and Guinea Keets all growing nicely. Still have eggs in the incubator,...
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