JK captured this beautiful shot of the sun rising over the Martin tract – and dozens of sheep and lambs greeting the day… Over on the other side of Hopewell, another nature scene was playing itself out on my front lawn. For starters, I thought we had a deranged fox on our property because we would see it every day, … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
Update on Romeo – the Fierce Feral Cat
We thought we should update you on our highly skittish, rarely seen, vampire-like feral cat we adopted a while back. Sir Romeo. He is a vicious predator, wily mouser and able to fend for himself with just a little help from us throughout the seasons (or shall I say, our continuous new season,: ‘never-ending cold’). … [Read more...]
Lambs Everywhere!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty3WWCDrCc8This is what it sounds like on a relatively quiet afternoon with over 100 lambs in the pasture. The little lamb in the front was looking for its mom for about 30 minutes while we were there (it found her!). This is what happens: 1) Lamb feeds. 2) Lamb lies down and … [Read more...]
Pig Food and New Rams
When we talk about farm-to-table-to-farm, this is what we really mean: the food that does not get used (i.e., vegetable shavings, leftover pastries, past-prime produce, the pulp from the juicer, leftover salads and other dishes) gets taken from the Brick Farm Market back to the farm as pig food. Everything goes except … [Read more...]