**Please take note of our ADDED DAY at Brick Farm Market. We will be open the Monday before Thanksgiving for you to start picking up turkeys and roasts, get breads, cheeses, meats and all manner of snacks for you holiday feasting. We have brought in additional pastured eggs (among other dairy), so Jerry no longer has … [Read more...]
Pigs and Chickens
I was out in the big barn checking on the cats when I heard a commotion. The piglets have been transferred here for wintering and they were RUNNING over to see what was happening. Usually, they crowd around for a second… Before running off again at high speed. The new mothers were there as well. Basking in the … [Read more...]
Cattle Loose on Aunt Molly
Photo by Taylor Stuart Well, it all looked rather orderly. The herd was meandering up Aunt Molly Road within the confines of the barrier Taylor, Brett and Orlando had put up. Strolling, really…until one got outside of the temporary fence and took off! Photo by Taylor Stuart A note on bovine behavior: when one … [Read more...]
Turkey is as Turkey Does
Photo by Charlie Tutela Every year around this time, the turkeys start to explore. I mean REALLY explore their surroundings, work the space, test the limits. This is not a good time of year to park your truck anywhere near the barn (Exhibit A, above) or leave equipment unprotected (Exhibit B, below). In case you … [Read more...]
Fall Bounty On Its Way
The cornucopia of fall vegetables are making their way to the market. The delicata and several other squash varieties have been there for a while, but we have roasting pumpkins coming in. So good to make into a soup, using the pumpkin itself as a bowl! Our sweet potatoes are finally making an appearance. The first … [Read more...]
Horticulture at the Farm and ‘Gordita’
Last weekend, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society included Double Brook Farm and the Brick Farm Market on their ‘PHS Celebrates Fall – Homegrown‘ walking tour in the greater Princeton area. It was a low-key event with people from all over the Keystone State walking the gardens, asking questions and exploring … [Read more...]
Poultry, Pigs and Peppers
We have combined our layers and broilers on one pasture and have them following the cattle. Bill, the poultry man, has the task of feeding, watering, moving and otherwise tending to the poultry..and the dogs! Bill is below with Kasey. The broilers in the hut below move every day to new grass underneath. But let’s … [Read more...]
Double Brook Farm Gets Ivy Credentials
Over the summer, a professor at Princeton, Adam Maloof, approached the farm with a strange request. He wanted to know if he could take some of the bones from carcasses in the meat cutting operation and bury them on Princeton’s campus for study by his class. We got the obligatory questions out of the way (How many … [Read more...]
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