by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Got more brush burned today. These are the last 2 piles in the main orchard pasture. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Larry brought up his brush rake to push the brush from our orchard into burn piles. You can’t see it from here but the entire orchard is full of brush from pruning. Larry on the tractor, Ken & Daniel with the brush rake.Detail of the brush rake. This one is...
by OogieFarmBlog | Feb 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
The west side of the orchard has been completely pruned this year and a majority of the east side has also been pruned. For some of the trees it has been nearly 20 years since they were pruned last. There is a huge amount of brush and wood. We’re trading the...
by OogieFarmBlog | Dec 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Farms mark the year by the solar calendar. The solstice, the traditional mid winter festival when the sun starts to return. For us too the solstice is turn-around time. The days when the sun seems to stand still are our time to do a yearly reflection on the past year....
by OogieFarmBlog | Sep 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Culinary School students came back today for more farm work. Today we evaluated all the adult rams, trimmed toes and gave dewormer as needed. Then we took a field trip to Karla’s to pick up our chickens that were butchered yesterday. The students got to see...
