The Slowcook at Spydog Farm The Slowcook at Spydog Farm

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Feeding Time

August 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · farming

There aren’t many photos of me working on the farm. That’s because I’m the photographer. But this month we have a visitor. His name is Andrew and he’s playing the title role in the local production of Puccini’s opera, “Gianni Schecchi.” Performers in our opera company hail from all over the country and they need […]

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Grass: The Long and Short of It

July 28th, 2014 · No Comments · farming

I should explain this photo. What you’re looking at is I the underside of our tractor. That fuzzy piece is grass wrapped around the drive shaft that powers our 60-inch mower deck. What I recently discovered trying to mow the tall grass in our pasture is that the tough stems from milk weed and goldenrod […]

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Our Boys

July 23rd, 2014 · No Comments · farming

Six weeks ago, we moved our Romney ram off pasture and into the permanent paddock after he escaped from behind temporary fencing where he was grazing with our female goats. He went a little stir crazy for a while, living all alone. But recently he finally got some company when we separated our boy Dorper […]

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