More Fall Updates

 Radishes: I just pulled these up from the hoop house. OMG they were wonderful and so sweet.

 I got a load of gravel in on Monday. The barn is really beginning to take shape.

 This is a picture of inside the hoop house. I planted turnips in there to help loosen up the soil. With all the construction on the house we compacted the soil. But the turnips are doing great if your like them. I believe I'll sneak them in for Thanksgiving to see how the family likes them. I also have planted lettuce, swizz chard, kale and beets. The temp today 87 in there. So far so good.  

The chickens have moved to there new home and they love it. They are getting so big. I go out and talk to them everyday. We are becoming great friends the chickens and I.

Here is a fall Red Raspberry. Everytime I go for a walk down there I pick off a few to eat. Thank goodness for the rain last night. They are loving the moist weather.

I had to post this picture of my brother in law Doug. He is the master at organizing things here for me while the husband is gone. He and my sister Tonya helped the last days in installing the hoop house, built my chicken run outside and has drove in tons of t-posts for the trellis for the grapes and blackberries. I couldn't have done all of this with out their help. thank you both so much. I can't remember what he was pointing at there but it must have been important.

The Chickens Are Here

Here is the finished front entrance to the chicken house. Wow, what a wonderful south facing window. Daryl Beck worked on the window forever trying to get it go close properly. He really is a master at building things! He covered the old barn door with tin also.

This is the inside view of the screen he put on the window. Now this window rolls out for my chickens added
enjoyment!

 Nesting boxes he just finished up today. He mounted them on the old rock walls.

 Here are the little girls (hopefully not to many guys) They are Buff Orpingtons. I also have 5 Rhode Island Reds.

 Action shot of Daryl working away!

This project was a lot of work, I appriecate all that he has done for me. The time spent with him is priceless.  

Spainhour Construction - New Roof and sign

 New roof being installed on barn.

 Anthony, Rocky and Scott hauling the sign over to install

 The boys getting ready to drill the holes.

 Anthony making sure things are level.

 Attention to deal to leveling the sign.

 The finished product of the sign. The bottom board will be removed over the weekend.

Anthony Spainhour who put on the metal roof and installed the sign. Great company and super easy to work with. I'd recommend them to anyone!!

Shelburne Farms - Module 2 Vermont

 Sam Smith our tour guide. This is a must see adventure. Over 14,000 acres of farm land. 

 This is the goat cheese factory.

 Bed and Breakfast only $225.00 a night.

 Portable handwashing station. I must install one of these on the farm. The husband is a germ nut.

Movable farm cart. They serve ice cream, sandwiches, and yummy drinks. We tried their famous Chocolate Milk. Of course, the milk came from the farm.

 Randy and Pete walking about the stalls were a petting farm is.

  Holly and I standing in front of the onsite bakery.

Lincoln Peak Vineyard

 Chris Granstrom daughter preparing us for a walk in the vineyard. Cool little porch they built for drinking wine outside

 Holly and Dave enjoying goat cheese and crackers while relaxing at the vineyard

 Holly pointing out the beautiful grapes. They were so sweet and yummy.

Looking down the grapes rows. Everything looked healthy and happy there. I purchased two bottles of wine and had them shipped home. Can't wait for the husband to get home and share them with me.

Olivia's Croutons

 Olivia's Croutons makes.... yes, croutons. They also make stuffing mix during holiday season. This barn is huge. It's three levels high. Barn dances in the top portion, factory in the middle and bottom is storage.

 This is Francie giving us our before tour speech. She is a unique lady and has a lot going on. Their products area sold in retail markets.

 Inside the factory. It's very clean.

 They also make organic croutons.......My favorite garlic

 This is her garlic hanging from the beams in the top portion of the barn. There are 100's of them there.

Homestead

Side area of the barn.

Jericho Settlers

 Christa Alexander explaining her farm. Really this could have been me standing there giving this speech. We have so much in common

 This is the road up to the farm store.

 Inside the farm store. They specialize in grass feed beef, pork, eggs and veggies. They also run a year round CSA.

 This is the post harvest work station.

 Super egg washing machine. They just got that a while back. They little boy in the picture is her son who puts all the eggs in the cartons.

 Inside the farm store which is a self serve

This is some of her pigs. They had to be relocated because of all the rain in there southern locations. They farm about 200 acres.

Does Leap Farm

 As we are approaching the farm. This is the goat house. She applied for a grant and restructured the barn with the funds. The farm is certified organic and produces the best goat cheese.

 This is the front of the goat house. The goats enter in the corral on the right hand side. The cheese making factory is in the middle section.

 Getting ready to head up the mountains to see the goats.

 Please notice the mountains in the back ground. Unbelievable view.

oh and of course here are all the goats. She has about 50 of them. It takes her about a hour to milk them all.