We had a busy year, tried some new endeavors and made new friends. It was a good year full of food, flowers, family, and friends. We are looking forward to 2019 and
wish you a very happy new year!
These pictures show just a few of our activities and joys of 2018.
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| Spinach in the high tunnel. Winter magic. |
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| Althea, our newest and youngest kitty. |
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| The Gator (a big help on the farm) and one of our Angora rabbits. |
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| Meatball the rabbit |
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| Robin with three of our young pigs. We really enjoy raising pigs. |
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| Lots of love in our family for this little girl. And she loves her da-da. |
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| Our newest farm animals - cows! |
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| Ruth with George and Rocky. |
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| We had pretty nice summer squash this year. |
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| Chloe learning to climb stairs. |
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| This green daffodil popped up in the yard! |
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| Duroc pigs |
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| This year was the first time this apple tree bloomed. Sadly, no fruit this year but we look forward to crops in the future. (NIEDZWETZKYANA planted 2015) |
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| Nice turnips, including a new variety, Violet Queen. |
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| R & R enjoying R & R |
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| There was logging around here this year, creating new growing space for vegetables, fruit, and pig. And and more sunlight and sky! |
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| Chinese Forget-Me-Nots - a new flower and so pretty. |
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| Milo |
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| We won first prize for our farm share at the Franklin County Fair. Golly. |
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| A typical late summer share. |
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| A volunteer in the garden - datura |
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| Bitter Melons - We've been enjoying learning about, growing, and eating them. |
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| A big early fall share. |
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| Pac choy - This was a new crop for us and we will definitely grow more next year. |
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| Gladioli! An experiment this year with a happy outcome. |
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| Winter squash did well this year. |
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| A new fun crop, Extra Dwarf Pak Choy. More coming in 2019. |
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| We've been working on the perennial flower beds (thank you, Ruth!) and adding new plants as we are able. These are chrysanthemums. |
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| Our growing family |
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| We raised some ducks in the summer. Highly entertaining! |
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| Shelburne Falls Farmers' Market |
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| Blue Laced Wyandotte rooster |
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| Farm Visitors |
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| More farm visitors |
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| Bigfoot |
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| Last share of the season, # 20. |
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| Our youngest flower fan. |
