BARNYARD AND FIELD – SPRING BABIES Nothing says spring like new life March, 2010 FRIESIAN CROSS MILK SHEEP AT LAUGHING STOCK FARM A couple of miles down the road, good friend Lisa is raising dairy sheep. This breed is easily identified by their distinctive “rat tail.” Her dairy cow makes too much milk so she […]
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS March, 2010 – Issue #106 Celebrating the advent of Spring in all its forms AT PLAY AND AT WORK Bob unwraps our new board from Mr. Crokinole on the second day of the month. Our next door neighbor Adam wears a smile and one of Chris’s work shirt for work at
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TWO THOUSAND POUND OF MANURE (aka A SHIT TON) AT BLUE HERON FARM ALPACAS In which Jason, Haruka, Bob and Camille drive over to Nancy’s place in search of some good soil amendments and drive off with at least two thousand pounds of poo March 28, 2010 THIS BE THE SH-T! Nancy proudly shows
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WALK TO ABEYANCE WITH JASON AND HARUKA There’s nothing more fun than a walk with good friends and a destination. On this pretty Spring morning we were headed through the woods to the nearby community of Abeyance with our good friends and next door neighbors. March 13, 2010 IRRIGATION POND EXCAVATION Our first stop
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS February, 2010 – Issue #105 COZY INSIDE WITH OUR FRIENDS Potluckers grace our home often and bring warmth with them. This picture of Adam with Spot was taken because it was Adam’s first visit to Trouts Farm. MORE FIRST TIME VISITORS Dave, Rebekah and Stephen joined us for potluck and
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RICE PADDY-MAKING CROP MOB AT EDIBLE EARTHSCAPES February 28, 2010 EARLY MORNING RICE PADDIES Crop Mob is a growing phenomenon in our neck of the woods. Started by friends of ours who sought to tackle large tasks with a large labor force while solving the problem of isolation, crop mobbing reminds us of Amish barn
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A TRIP TO ASHEVILLE TO SEE YONDER February 6, 2011 ROOM WITH A VIEW Bob drove Camille, Amy and Garth west for three and a half hours where we unfolded ourselves from the car and took our bags up a room with a view of Asheville, the largest city in Western North Carolina with
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DIGGIN’ OUR NEW DIGS January, 2010 WELCOME! It took us seventeen years and fourteen moves, but we may have finally settled down. Bob painted the front door red to symbolize our good fortune. When you step into the house you are in the living room with its propane log fireplace. At some point, we will
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TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS January, 2010 – Issue #104 NEW YEAR’S DAY PARTY What a great way to kick off a new decade – invite all our friends over for a New Year’s Day party. Many came for a bowl of Hoppin John and got their pictures taken with Spot, our Trouts Farm mascot. See the
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VISITING NEW BERN A little weekend getaway January 15 and 16, 2010 A HISTORIC TOWN Using CFSA’s (Carolina Farm Stewardship Association) 2010 Commercial Organic Production Conference as an excuse to drive to the East Coast, we drove to New Bern, the second oldest town in North Carolina. New Bern’s city flag honors the mother-daughter
