Our year was clearly quite busy, as evidenced by our radio silence these last few months. Between the garden harvest and the early winter weather, our schedules have been quite full. Here’s a brief review of our 2022 on the farm, as we gear up to do so many new cool things this year!
January– Many woodshop projects, including a number of beer flights and cutting boards
February– Trying out our hand at wood burning as well as the creation of new benches for different spaces around the property.
March– Seed starting! Many varieties of tomatoes this year.
April– Getting started on the new 1 acre garden. Abnormally cold temps led to slow growth on the early spring veggies. Pigs came home at the end of April and really filled our days!
May– We brought in a new batch of laying hens. The hops started to establish themselves again.
June– Finally our spring veggies produced something! And we ordered more hens!
July– The veggies start rolling in– first turnips, then the first harvests of zucchini and beans. We harvested our first pig late in the month.
August– The flower season is at its peak in August. So many blooms! Tomatoes think about producing, and zucchini is giving us a bummer crop.
September– Apples start to roll in, and our first batches of applesauce are processed. Veggies continue to roll in, and the flowers still look amazing. We had a surprising harvest of watermelon too. And we dealt with escapee livestock, as the remaining pigs got out several times.
October– We added several new tools to our meat processing arsenal, and had a successful attempt at bacon curing after the first too salty batch.
November- Settling in for the cold weather- early snow hindered our clean up process.
December- Weather turned mild again, and we were able to do more yard clean up. Our youngest birds laid their first eggs.
The second half of the year is full of busy tasks that don’t always seem worth talking about. As per usual, you’ll catch a bit more from us through our Instagram page.
Thanks for sticking around, if you’re still here!