Farm School

10/05/2026

Juno is 4 years old!
This has been a restorative year for Juno. A year and a half ago she went from a member of a working dog pack to a solo dog after the expected death of her mentor, Tom, and the sudden death of her buddy, W***y.
She’s spent the last year training her new friend, Rosco to work the day shift and reclaiming her confidence and joy.
She is the best LGD we’ve ever had and a real love bug.
She got two dog treats this morning when she checked in after night shift.

08/29/2026

Those rain clouds keep passing by us.

07/31/2026

07/30/2026

Robbing Screen. Resident bees learning the ways in and out of the hive.

07/28/2026

I took advantage of cooler temperatures to do my weekly check for swarm cells.
This week, I added the robbing screen. It keeps out robber bees who come to steal all of the honey these bees have been working so hard to produce.

07/27/2026

If I won’t honor the coop request for a swimming pool, tenants will take matters into their own hands.
Water bowls have been commandeered for use as cooling stations until the excessive heat warnings have passed.
These girls have zero clucks to give.

07/26/2026

This spring, I finished building the raspberry trellises.
I had been looking for a trellis option for years. This one seemed wildly over engineered for a raspberry trellis, but it is performing just as expected.
The canes are not blocking the path, so I won’t knock off berries when I mow.
This variety produces two crops. Right now, we are just getting a handful a day. I can’t wait to see this trellis working to support that second bumper crop.

07/25/2026

Come on, buddy. Stay in your lane!

07/24/2026

I love catching a bee mid nap.

07/23/2026

This crew got the job done, stayed in their lane and within the parameters of the task I set for them.
We only planted half this field because the power company stopped by to tell us they were replacing our electrical poles.
Mowing the grass in the pole fall zone was not a job I wanted to do so I assigned that to the ewe/lamb group.