Today is our Labor Day edition of our blog. And a very busy last two weeks or so it has been. We have had 44 visitors to Farscape Farm these past 12 days. Our good friends the Eastman’s who came to visit from Israel with their oldest Josh, his wife and their children. Avi and Ruth have four boys. All have been deployed as members of the IDF the latter
Some time ago a wrote a post about a stinky day. That is the day that we muck stalls. About the only day that qualifies in that category is the messy day of cleaning out the pit barbeque. You can’t really do it after you’ve spent all day cooking. First of all, the pit is too hot. Secondly, the grease in the bottom of the pit is liquid. You have
By Pops Well, we have hit the dog days of summer. It’s hot. It’s humid. You’ve got to get the chores done early and make sure to keep up on hydration for yourself and watering for the garden. That is the bad news. The good news is that the garden is producing at a break neck speed. Tomatoes are in and in a big way. We are harvesting our favorite
By Pops Winter turns into spring which turns into summer. And I have not been diligent about blog posting. I can make up a bunch of reasons, but the truth is that I am still to busy at work as a surgeon to have time to do the fun stuff for the farm. But my schedule has changed and I will try again to get to my weekly posts. It
By Pops This past week was a difficult one for Farscape Farm. While Thanksgiving was filled with fun and love earlier in the week, we were confronted with what every pet owner or farm owner dreads. And that is the time when one of your beloved animals has reached the end of their time, is suffering and needs to be put down. We find these words like put to sleep
By Pops There are often stinky days on Farscape Farm and almost invariably, they involve manure. Whether shoveling it, moving it, spreading it or just shifting bins, it’s a good bet that if you have a stinky day in involves manure. Our “hayman”, shout out to Cory Shellhammer, was kind enough to bring his chisel plow to turn over our ¼ acre ground garden and once that’s done, its time
