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Monthly Archives: September 2016

Life and Death of a Chicken

Posted on September 24, 2016 by kevin

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 →

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Local Wildlife

Posted on September 23, 2016 by kevin

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 →

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Mutton Busting

Posted on September 13, 2016 by kevin

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 →

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Vegetable Overview

Posted on September 10, 2016 by kevin

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 →

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Animal Overview

Posted on September 10, 2016 by kevin

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 →

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Weekly Sausage Ration

Posted on September 4, 2016 by kevin

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 →

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Introduction

Posted on September 2, 2016 by kevin

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 →

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