Category Archives: Farm Plans

New fence, new start

After 2 long years, the old cattle shed site is cleaned up and ready for new fencing. Matt took a few days off work to get started on it. I helped him stake out the flags, and did some really … Continue reading

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Chickens & their schedules

Did you know chickens have schedules? And secretaries (aka “me”) that manage said schedules? Ours do, and they are tyrants to work for, I tell you. Last year we raised a batch of Red Rangers at the end of the … Continue reading

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2004 Recap

Earlier this year I had started a journal to document the ups and downs of our little farm. Turned out to be a lot of downs. And one of the last ones is that my hard drive crashed and I … Continue reading

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Flirting

I was watching the heifer feeder calves out the kitchen window this morning. What a bunch of horny bovines! They were out in the yard hovering around the electric fence that divides them from the cows and bull, and the … Continue reading

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Sugar Creek Farm

So here it is, the official Sugar Creek Farm blog. A place to record the goings-on around here. Our little farm is in its infancy. As its stewards we have high hopes for growing it into a livelihood, a place … Continue reading

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