Well, tomorrow will be a busy day, the local newspaper is giving away free pallets. We are going to use them to put in the floor of the new hen house, so I can then replace laying hens knowing they have a secure place to be at night. We might need two more sheets of plywood but those should be easy enough to pick up from lowe's hardware.

The farm is now a member of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and a sponsor of Local Harvest. We are also listed with New Farm now. We are working towards becoming Certified Naturally Grown, hopefully will have that process completed late winter.

We will be going this evening I believe to pick up the parts we need to build our first green house. It is a pvc hoop greenhouse which will be put up over the garden in the front yard. This will definitely extend our growing season. Hopefully within the next month or two we will build a second green house in the back. Then we will be set and ready to go for year round production. I will be ordering seeds from Victory Seeds so that we can move to totally heirloom varieties.

We will begin our farmyard sale in two weeks. The plan is to have them every two weeks and hopefully we will be able to encourage other local small farmers and gardeners to join us with their wares. I would like to rename it to the Community Farm Sale eventually. One of the ways for the small farms to survive is for us to all work together. It doesn't hurt to help bring the local community together as well. It was a wonderful thing when I was growing up and I would like for my children to be able to experience the same thing.

As for our gardens right now, they are bothing doing fairly well. I will have to say our Mittlieder garden is exceeding expectations and actually doing better. I will proabably continue to have a traditional garden/greenhouse in the front and a Mittlieder garden/greenhouse in the back.

We will also be spending time this fall finishing demolition of the old shed. Everytime we go to re-build another huge tree limb falls on it so it just needs to come down. And we have been given the go ahead by the land lord to clear off the last little bit in the back. Not sure yet what we will put there, it will depend on what we find when all the brush and bramble are gone. I do know we will probably keep any saplings that are cut down for fence posts or for bonfires.

Well, need to finish Sunday chores and get dinner going. That's all the news from the farm for now.  :)

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