Entries Tagged as 'winter'
Two years ago when we were just starting Spy Dog Farm we were a bit panicked about how we were going to feed our livestock over the winter. We weren’t sure where to turn, then the woman who sold us our sheep steered us to a local farmer who not only delivered a gorgeous stack […]
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Tags:hay·winter
I may need a month to recover from my recent trip to DC. Ostensibly to prep our rental apartment for winter, a five-day break from farming turned into a moveable bacchanalia with old friends. But when does it not? Hence, no blog writing for the last week. The best I could do was post a […]
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Tags:chickens·cow·goats·hay·winter
We’re passing a second winter on our new farm and we’ve been tested. Last year was one of the snowiest on record, with more than six feet of total snow. This February turned out to be the second-coldest ever in the Albany area with the mercury averaging 12.6 degrees. Only February 1934 was colder–by a […]
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Tags:chores·cold·winter