Climbing Tree farm

03/12/2026

I dare you to name something better than the first warm, sunny days of spring.

02/05/2026

Jolly crew of cattle enjoying the sunny day.
Sound on for narration by pigs (who were asking me to pour them their breakfast milk).

12/22/2025

The saying "happy as a pig in s**t" is incorrect... happy as a pig in hay is more accurate. If only everyone could be this delighted by a bale of hay.

08/23/2025

Sunny day.

04/15/2025

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01/21/2025

01/17/2025

In the early days of the farm I did all of our deliveries in the back of my mom-car, with a baby and a little boy in tow. One of our first regular pork customers was a local butcher shop. A young woman, Eleanor, was learning to butcher there, while we learned to raise pigs. Eleanor was the butcher who ALWAYS gave our kids a snack- a piece of sausage or a cookie. She's talked to our tiny kids as if they were people.

A decade and a half later, Eleanor has become our good friend. She owns and operates New Lebanon Bologney Company, cooking INCREDIBLE prepared food for the market, as well as butchering most of the meat for the market. And, she's teaching our little boy to butcher (and cook). On our son's way out the door on his first day of work at New Lebanon Bologney Company this fall he said "this feels like a full circle moment."

And, Eleanor still provides our kids with excellent snacks.

12/13/2024

Morning kitchen window view.

11/19/2024

Couple of afternoon-sunshine snugglers.