The Herd

Although these cool little guys are not on our farm, I do get to see them in their pasture over on the Ridgebury Hills area of Ridgefield. There are six of them and they showed up around April.

Tuesday At The Farm

Despite the unseasonable cool weather we have been having, not to mention all the rain, things are progressing, however slowly, here on the farm. Today saw several hours of cleaning up weeds, turning soil, planting onion and beet seedlings, planting Swiss chard, kale, collard, spinach, and Brussels sprout seeds. Have a look.

Twenty eight Roma tomato plants at various stages of development.













Some have even started to flower






































Forty feet of three kinds of potatoes seem to be doing very well.






































Garden two.



















Carrots are coming along.



















Three types of squash ready to take over.













Chamomile flowers.













Garlic neck.



















Cucumbers ready to start climbing.



















Sugar snap peas on the vine...













...and in the bowl.













Green beans climbing and flowers about to fruit.



















Broccoli coming up.



















The gear of a guerrilla farmer (garden assault vehicle in the background).

Wednesday Harvest

What you see here are some baby Asian Boc CHoy type cabbages. The first planting went almost immediately to seed, but this planting seems to have done quite well. We'll see after tonight's stir fry.

The Middlebrook Menagerie

This morning it was "Make Way For Ducklings" again. Mama duck did her tapping on the window, which means it's time to go. So before the halls were full we ushered them out.

Bon voyage and see you next year.





















































































































































And, thanks to Nicholas and his Power of One presentation we were able to meet Cloud his family's tortoise. She is about eight years old and lives with several other adopted tortoises at home, including one that is over twenty eight years old.

Return of The Ducks

Once again we are graced by the opportunity to witness one of life's most simple miracles with the return of the mother mallard duck and yesterday morning the hatching of her ten ducklings.