Weathervane Farm Buena Vista Colorado

Diversions

Seth — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:13:29 +0000

A day to track efficeincy

Seth — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:39:00 +0000

Farm Clean Up

Seth — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:36:00 +0000

Fox in the chicken yard

Seth — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:34:00 +0000

Spring Green

Seth — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:27:00 +0000

Chick update

Seth — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:28:00 +0000

Six weeks old and doing great.

Spring Tillage

Seth — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:29:00 +0000

I hooked up the chisel plow today after a couple of small repairs and topping off the fluids. I didn’t get to the actual tilling yet, sushi calls.

An early start

Seth — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:07:18 +0000

The pocket gophers are out early this year and so am I. The morning after spreading the compost I noticed to new gopher piles coming up through the dark brown of the compost.

I’ve made a good arrangement with Caitlin. I get to buy new tools for projects she wants me to do. Notice the fine cuts on these new greenhouse flats. The new Dewalt 12′ double mitter radial arm saw cuts like butter.

I love driving big machines.

Seth — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:05:01 +0000

My dad and I spread the compost today. My friend Billy wasn’t available with his loader so I went down to the rental shop and rented a John Deere 310 which I operated for the day. Dad ran the spreader. It was his first time on the tractor. We are a month or so early on this project compared to the last couple of years. I am planning on tilling up the soil where the compost pile has been and planting a forage crop for our chickens and I want to get an early start on that.

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Chick Freedom

Seth — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:21:06 +0000

Here are a couple of videos of the new layer chicks as they explore outside of the brooder box for the first time.

Chicken Hoppin’

New layers 2