Happy Winter Solstice: A Look Back on 2017
Ah, one of my ironically favorite days: Solstice! A celebration of winter, and the shortest day of the year. The critters and I get some...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Repost: A Lesson onTurkey Eggs
get a lot of questions about turkey eggs. How do they taste? Why can't I find them in stores? How many eggs do turkeys lay? First, just...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
The Final Push to Thanksgiving
This time of year, we have one thing to think about - Thanksgiving. I believe this holiday is starting to actually eclipse my love for...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
What I've Learned About Duck Eggs
We've been raising ducks for a few years now, but it's taken us a while to get into a rhythm with them. I believe I started out with...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Raising Chickens - Planning for Processing
This is a repost from our old blog, but thought I would publish it again. It's kind of not fair for me to do this now, as we are BOOKED...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Planning for Purchasing Lamb
There are two ways to purchase lamb on our farm. The first, and quickest is to purchase from our freezer stock. This is already...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
What is Chutney?
I had WAY too much winter squash last year, and was struggling to find ways to cook it, ways to consume it, and dedicated to turning it...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
All Sort of Things Breaking
So many broken things... First, Larry drove the tractor over a board with a nail in it, and popped a tire. Thankfully it was one of those...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Welcome
This is our new, NEW website! I am trying to bring over the best content from our old site, and restart the blog here. There is a link in...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
Summer Summer Summertime!
Time to sit back and unwind. Said no farmer, ever. Between work, Shannon's rotation of summer camps (can't let an only child not spend...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
We're NPIP Certified!
Hooray! We have our NPIP certification! NPIP stands for National Poultry Improvement Plan. The intent is to help keep poultry-related...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Berthoud Farmer's Market starts SOON!
OOH! Market season is about to begin in Berthoud! We are in Fickel Park again, every Saturday from June 24 through September 29. We hope...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Not the Way I Wanted to Say Goodbye
We lost Cindy this week. It isn't the way I wanted her to go. The irony, is that I had planned for her to go this year. I wrote about...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
Second Round of Lambing
So my mama ewes that did not get pregnant by Tank before he left last fall, got pregnant by Viserys - have all (but one) given birth. We...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Saying Goodbye to Schroediger
Preface: This blog originated when we first moved to Colorado in 2006 as a way to communicate our new adventures to our friends back home...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
10 Years on the Farm!
We are celebrating our 10-year Farmiversary this weekend. We hope you can join us at a little shindig on the farm to celebrate! In the...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Lando Cowrissian and Count Mooku
We now have 2 new steers on the farm. We've done something a little different this year. We have, randomly, in the past raised a few...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
All the Brooders are Full!
Spring is really springing now! Our first batch of meat chicks are getting close to leaving their brooder. It's hard to believe how time...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Baby Birds are Here
I know when spring has sprung, because we start hearing peeping noises from the incubator. OK, that makes it sound like a surprise, but I...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Spring is Springing
We've been getting a lot of little things done around the farm. We got our first batch of meat chicks in, so the brooder was set up and...
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