Catch up picture post.

Here are some of the things we have done since I last wrote in this blog. From most recent to least recent they are...

We went to Kona this spring and got a chance to see coffee grow. 

 Jess is still amazing. 

 We continue to have our fall festivals every year and raise money for the food shelf. 

 I went hunting for elk in Wyoming

 The views were amazing

 It was a great trip. 

 I backed out of this spot 15 seconds before that branch came down right where I was. 

 Our rhubarb is kind of overwhelming now

  I am getting a little better at catching smelt. 

We are raising geese as our only waterfowl now. 

 Katz's deli 

 Jess looking suitably aloof for springtime in NY. 

 We took a trip to New Yor.

 We cured and smoked some bacon on the farm. 

 The last few winters have been way too cold. 

 I tried to tan a deer hide. with mixed results.

 I got to meet Hank Shaw in person. 

 We have harvested and eaten shaggy manes.

 We added a poly tunnel for season extension. I still haven't got it quite figured out yet but I am getting better with controlling it. 

 We continue to harvest our hops and brew beer with them. 

 We were adopted by a barn cat named Florence. 

 We fenced off a large part of the yard as a field for annimals

 We attended the seed savers annual convention

 We attended a number of great lectures there. 

 I spent a week in the BWCAW 

 I have gotten better at finding morels in the spring time. 

 We made nettel and pumpkin ravioli. 

We hatched our own baby chicks

Spring is sprung

Well Spring is the season of new growth. I don't exactly know what the new restart of the blog might entail but I hope to get the blog started back up again.
     We have some big plans for the farm this year. We plan to try raising pigs for the first time which is very exciting. So far I have cleaned out half the bunker and filled it with straw. I have also arranged a heat lamp and made a feed trough for our future piglets.
     We also are planning to raise a significant amount of dent corn this year as part of a project to produce a special corn grits.
    We also kept six of the geese over the winter and while they don't appear to have much interest in laying eggs just yet we have hopes of raising our own goslings this year.

So lots of plans. Hopefully more to come soon!