We love summer on the farm, what with all the vegetables coming in, animals on a salad bar of pasture and brambles fruiting all over the place – it’s the time to showcase what NJ can grow. But this past week is for the birds – with heat and humidity so intense that it’s making us wish for additional TV listings of … [Read more...]
Running Afowl at the Farm
So there was tremendous barking at the front door. The kind of bark that sounds furious and frustrated all at the same time. As I rushed to the front door, I figured out why. The turkeys were teasing Sarge. Just playing with him. Dancing around on the walkway, and then the front porch… Just THIS close, … [Read more...]
Summer Weather Finally Here
Well it’s time to put away the cardigans and long-sleeved shirts. It’s smoking hot out there. The moment has come to find a hammock and just let the days pass you by. Taylor and the pasture crew have moved animals to shade. I like the steer in the creek in the opening of the trees. He simply would not look at me to … [Read more...]
Summer Solstice Happening June 21
Summer officially starts June 21 Even though you are supposed to gaze at the sun and prepare elaborate monuments which will capture the rays of the sun in strategic places at the moment of the solstice, I have no time for that because…one of my children is still in school for 3 more days! In summer! When his older … [Read more...]
Foraging on the Farm
Tama Matsuoka Wong, author of Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer’s Market, was a star guest here at Double Brook Farm today. Along with Tama, Jon, Andrew, Charlton, Stephanie and I foraged all through the weeds looking for edibles to add to salads and drinks, to saute, blanch, … [Read more...]
Pigs up at Schwinn’s
This year, Orlando gets to move the pigs up to the Schwinn’s pastures where they will luxuriate in all the tall grasses, open meadows and shaded tree groves. They love it. Sometimes, as Cat was explaining, they get so nestled in that they don’t want to make the daily migration to fresh terrain. (Photo by Cat … [Read more...]
Double Brook Farm in the News
This past Sunday, The Times of Trenton was nice enough to feature our farm on the cover of their Business Section. Lots of great pictures of Jon with the chicks and poults! ‘Chick magnet’ really does have a better, cooler ring to it than ‘poult magnet’ Photograph Mary Iuvone for the Times We have over 600 poults … [Read more...]
Pictures From the Fields
(Photo by Kayla Severino) Kayla and Cat have been sending the best pictures from out and about. There are animals at the Martin Tract, at Coventry Farm and at St. Michaels Preserve (to name a few places). Above is the FIRST calf to be born this year. Not sure how mom feels about this photo shoot… And below are … [Read more...]