Saturday, December 18, 2010

to market to market...


We had a very sunny, cold, wet, hot, hail, windy morning yesterday at the Foster Markets.  This is the one market that we get along to as it is our local. Thanks to the customers for making the effort to get out to see us and to buy some genuine local produce!


these girls sought refuge under the coffee man's awning.


we harvested our WONDERFUL garlic on Saturday too. Cannot wait to spike all of our dishes with it!

Happy days...

Thursday, December 9, 2010

don't cry over....

...spilt eggs!!


this is where we put our eggs to get processed..  



a lot of eggs, eh?  

Well, lastnight our sorting table had a leg issue, and, well... long story short - a stack of NINE trays (holding 30 eggs each) smashed onto the floor below.  I was too depressed to take a picture. Trust me - it was a MESS! 270 deliciously perfect eggs make a BIG mess when smashed into smithereens.  

We had a lot of happy dogs last-night.
No happy campers to be found in the farm house, but at least the dogs were happy.

We have a huge demand for eggs at the moment.  With our regular clients, we could only supply half of what they wanted.  We could have sold double last week!
Well, hope will be on it's way - in the shape of a teeny tiny little chicky (or 400).  We've done our first batch of babies - 300 of them - and they're out in the paddock in their custom built A frame shed.   Close to the house so that we can keep a watchful eye on the little pesky girls.  They are now called "hoodlums" and I'm picking up 400 more day old chicks on Sunday.  They will come home to their custom built 20 foot storage container fitted with gas heaters and all the clean shavings, water, and food they can ask for.  In a few weeks, we'll introduce some greens to them, and a few weeks after that, they'll be transferred out to join the hoodlums.   

Have a happy day. 

Let me know if there's anything you want to see here on the blog - from houses, to chooks, to cows, to grasses - drop me a comment & we'll see what we can show you!



Friday, December 3, 2010

Silage 2010

Our first batch of our very own silage!





We have made silage a million times before, but this time - it's all ours. We will feed this to our cows in the winter when it is muddy on the farm.  It will help to keep the paddocks from getting "pugged" - meaning big ol' cow footprints!

Just over 200 bales. And we'll make a great haul of hay this year too.  What an amazing start to the season we've had.  We only wish that we had more cows eating all of this lush feed and making us more milk!

Have a happy day.
~The Paul Family