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 We were fortunate to visit the beautiful island of Kauai over the past several weeks; and it was just gorgeous - it truly feels like you’re in paradise. We did a lot of relaxing things while there – snorkeling, hiking, horseback riding, and whale watching to name a few; but we also visited several farms (mostly organic) to see if we [...] Continue reading Farm Inspiration  I’ve blogged regularly here twice a week for over two years now (time sure flies); but, now it’s time for a short vacation from blogging. I anticipate continuing again mid-February. Aloha!
And in the meantime – are there any topics you’d like to see covered on the blog in the future?  2011 was another good year on the farm, as we tried to make progress on sustainability, self-reliance, and using real food: Goats - The year started with the arrival of a third baby Dwarf Nigerian goat (Jewel Box) and we watched the three of them grow into beautiful young does. As they grew, we learned to trim hooves, [...] Continue reading 2011 – Another Good Year  During colder months when there are fewer seeds and berries available for the wild birds, we enjoy feeding and observing them; but we like to stay warm and toasty too. Fortunately, there’s a window seat overlooking a protected nook that’s perfect for this, and we put a variety of seed and suet in feeders there [...] Continue reading Feeding Wild Birds (& Homemade Suet Recipe)  Now that we have a Bramblestone Farm logo (see Farm Logo), we want to make labels for sale items; but, labels are expensive (unless you’re going to buy about a million of them). So, I decided we should standardize as much as possible on one label (for quantity buying) and that for jams/jellies/pickles, etc. it should be a round [...] Continue reading Product Labeling Decisions Our niece, Tanya, created this terrific looking logo for Bramblestone Farm and farm product labeling. She’s very talented, and the logo turned out fantastic – really better than what we’d envisioned. She has her own blog too, Innovative Creations, where more of her beautiful work is posted. I was easily able to incorporate the logo into [...] Continue reading New Farm Logo!  I like to make lists so I don’t have to hunt things up repeatedly – and so made lists of hatcheries, garden seed and animal health suppliers that are posted here (presumedly so I and anyone else interested could find them). However, I can’t remember (this is bad) what I’ve filed them under in post categories sometimes, and have to hunt [...] Continue reading New “Sources” Page for Supplies & Catalogs  I like organized lists because they save time – so here’s my listing of sources and links for Animal Health Supplies (yes, I’m looking for something and having a hard time finding it, which drove me to build this list!). Our needs revolve mostly around dairy goats so this listing will likely be most useful for dairy goat owners [...] Continue reading Animal Health Supplies – Sources & Links  Memorial Day weekend corresponds with our wedding anniversary; so we’re usually off somewhere celebrating. In the past, we’ve traveled exotic places, seen spectacular scenery, and attended great events. But this year we decided to stay put; and since we rarely enjoy a Memorial Day weekend at home, some photographs seemed appropriate. The cats, Sugar and Spice, are the ones I miss first when we travel, but I also worry about them least [...] Continue reading Memorial Day Weekend  Today, we went for a hike with our friends Dave & Doris; and found wild morels! We’ve found morels before (in a yard), but never found them growing in the wild before – these we found along a lightly wooded trail as we hiked. Folks have been finding morels in the area for about a week, and the weather we’ve [...] Continue reading Wild Morels!  I’ve been working for awhile trying to get a website up for the farm, and it’s finally complete enough to at least say that it’s out there (I thought it would be finished over winter – hah!). It’s at www.bramblestonefarm.com; and it’s meant to be a website for the farm rather than a blog like [...] Continue reading New Farm Website!  Just when I thought we had pretty much seen the last of it……….. We got more, and they weren’t even predicting it…….. It’s really quite beautiful, but we’ve just had too much of it!  The much anticipated, new tractor arrived on Friday. Isn’t it beautiful?
One of the things that makes it so beautiful is – I can drive it! Our previous tractor didn’t have hydrostatics, and was very difficult for me to handle. This one though, is a breeze. In the picture above it’s shown with the grapple [...] Continue reading New Tractor!  As we go into the New Year, it’s nice to remember what’s occurred over the past year: Surprising many who thought I had no technical computer ability, I created Better Hens and Gardens to share back-to-basics information on food, sustainability, and self reliance. Randy put up a chicken cam, and I added that link to the blog [...] Continue reading 2010 – A Very Good Year  Santa brought Bramblestone Farm a new vehicle because Lesa and Randy were so good last year; and it’s such a long way up and down the hill to get to the field or garden.
It’s an electric E-Z-GO® (like the golf course carts), and has an automatic dumpster. I really like the electric part, just plug [...] Continue reading Christmas Farm Vehicle |
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