The other day, we sent off 400-some chickens to a local butcher.  We waited until 6pm or so (so it was dark and the chickens were less active), built a Continue Reading →

There is an impressive array of wildlife that I see on a regular basis here.  Unfortunately, I only have imagery of a few of them because I usually see them Continue Reading →

Today was the day to move the sheep between two pastures. They get folded across two fields separated by a quarter mile of dirt road, a creek, some more fields, and Continue Reading →

The main vegetable field has many crops at the moment — kale, several varieties of head and non-head lettuce, beets, collards, fennel, herbs, and several others. The black strips going down each Continue Reading →

First, let’s meet the piglets.  These ones are a little older.  In the background, you can see their mamas, the sows.  Here’s Sturgill, the big breeder male we’ve got.  You Continue Reading →

Part of my pay here is 2lbs of pork sausage per week.  The pigs are raised here on the farm, then sent to a local butcher who seasons the meat, Continue Reading →

I am now a farmhand at Bluebird Farm in Morganton, NC.  My first day was September 1st.  Bluebird Farm grows many types of vegetables and raises several types of livestock. Continue Reading →