Gardening season officially began by removing a foot-deep layer of pine needles off the strawberry bed. We bought a broke-down rototiller which Kevin is working on. As soon as that’s running I’ll start turning up the grass that took over last years garden. Seedlings are started inside, but much less View Article
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Growing quail for meat on your homestead
Firstly, there are no quail-specific feeds on the market. What you will find is a general game bird feed. Chicken feed is not suitable for quail, which have a higher metabolic rate requiring higher protein to manage. Here are some guidelines from a study published by Cambridge. Starter up to View Article
Growing a balanced homegrown quail feed
This year we purchased our very first quail. They are Coturnix quail with a rare gene causing them to lay gorgeous little blue eggs with cute little brown speckles. These eggs, and the quails themselves, have been used to sustain humans for centuries. In modern times, their commercial feed at View Article
Spitting snow and a heavy frost
Our laundry was froze stiff on the line this morning. The dogs moved a little quicker on their morning walk. Frost glistened in the grass as we made our way to check one of my game cams for what I hoped was a buck. Hunting season is only a week View Article
Growing Vegetables in Short Season Climates
Quoted from Burpee Seeds, need to re-write with Maine Specific Content: Many gardeners think of the time period between the last spring frost and the first frost as the growing season. Anything less than 120 days is considered a short season. However, the early spring and late fall periods, when View Article
A little hello from the farm
Things have changed a lot in recent weeks. My little brother had his first baby a couple of weeks ago. I haven’t visited yet due to a mix of things, namely my new job—but also some estranged family issues. My brother and his partner live down the road from my View Article
Two Feet of Snow and Still Falling
In the last 24-hours two feet of snow has settled over the landscape. Having been in the midst of some serious coop and hutch upgrades we had to hustle to clean up the lumber, scraps and wrap up our work. It has proven difficult to build and revamp between storms. View Article
Selling the Farm & Airbnb Burnout
This was written shortly before COVID hit then not long after that, we found out our son had a foot-long tumor tangled up inside his spinal column. We knew so little and thought life was hard when I wrote this post. It’s truly amazing to look back sometimes. -Mandy Wheaton View Article