04/17/2026
Since it’s been a while, we thought we’d give an update on our very busy early spring here at the farm.
First, we unfortunately lost all of our bees during winter to starvation - we’ve decided to try again and have ordered two packages of bees that will arrive soon.
We also had one apple tree and one mulberry bush die - the apple tree was killed by a vole that ate the roots and the mulberry bush was infested by scale insects so we had to remove it from the orchard. We haven’t decided what to replace them with, but luckily the rest of the orchard looks good.
We’ve also been trying to improve the silvopasture by cutting down more trees (to open up the canopy for more sunlight) and clearing the leaf litter and spent hay so we can re-seed with additional varieties of grasses and legumes to provide Domino and Strawberry with better grazing.
We have two new breeding rabbits (Cooper, who was born here, and Willow, a Chinchilla we got from Lifted Hearts Farm) after retiring and giving away Pepper and Steele to a good home.
We finally got our first harvest of asparagus two years after planting the crowns - we’re very happy with how well they’re doing! In addition, we started seeds for our garden, including tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, and cauliflower.
Our nine hens continue to give us delicious eggs - the ISA Browns laid throughout the winter, but now all nine are laying; we can barely keep up with all the eggs!
Finally, we cleared an area for a future pasture for Domino when we need to separate him from Strawberry and her calf (we’re hopeful that Strawberry is currently pregnant 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽. She hasn’t gone into heat since January and her udder and teats look like something is going on in there — stay tuned!!).
