Schoonover Farm

10/16/2026

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We wanted to wait until our grief about Steve had settled and the summer vacations were over before looking for a new dog. Then we had William’s hospital stay as well. But then I started lo…

10/16/2026

From yesterday:

The first frost of the season happened here Sunday morning. This was the first day I haven’t worked so I was able to deal with this. The outside tomato plants all died. So I picked all of …

10/11/2026

Manure Spreading

Today we spread the barn's bedding materials. Tom scooped out the barn with the tractor, and I used a pitchfork to clean up the pens and the edges along the walls and fencing. ...

Today we spread the barn’s bedding materials. Tom scooped out the barn with the tractor, and I used a pitchfork to clean up the pens and the edges along the walls and fencing. Tom loaded it…

10/09/2026

A Fibery Week

This was supposed to be a staycation for me. Tom was going to elk hunt, and I took the week off to manage the farm. ...

This was supposed to be a staycation for me. Tom was going to elk hunt, and I took the week off to manage the farm. I had made plans to work on fiber projects, eat vegetarian foods and watch TV I…

10/06/2026

But first we had a week of farming. The sunset last Sunday evening was pretty on the nearby hills. Monday morning I took the obligatory photo of a dew covered spider web. I enjoyed this view of th…

10/06/2026

I have had a livelong relationship with motorcycles which inspired this weekend. We headed out Friday afternoon after I got off of work. We were heading to my father’s cabin, but traffic was…

10/06/2026

We stayed home last weekend while William was still in the hospital. He had plenty of visitors though. We caught up on the farm. I am admiring our two young tom turkeys. I enticed them into the …

10/06/2026

For some reason my blog posts haven’t been shared to this feed. So I am updating it now.

10/06/2026

I worked on Monday and then Tuesday we went back to Harborview Hospital for the rest of the week to try to entertain William, support the parents, and advocate for his care. At one point on the fi…

09/12/2026

Labor Day Week

Last week started well with preparations to go to our Boles/Dad's cabin to hangout with family. We were getting the farm ready. ...

Last week started well with preparations to go to our Boles/Dad’s cabin to hangout with family. We were getting the farm ready. I pulled more morning glory and was admiring our turkeys. We …