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Steve & Lucinda
2771 Paradise Road
 Reynoldsville, PA 15851
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(814) 568-1207  Farmhouse    (814) 932-6761  Cell
  
 (Up Kramer Rd from Rte 119 in Stump Creek)

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 Fall 2006 / Winter 2007

Our first full growing year came to a close. As snow finally settles on the pastures and beds, it is time to look back on what we have done and look forward to the next steps.

FARMERS MARKET

With the help of grandaughter Sage Ella we started marketing. Over the season we found ourselves with regular customers who liked our vegetables and recipe and nutrition sheets.

The produce changed with the passing of the season. The eggs just grew bigger.

And we got our USDA Organic certification!

Our ferny-headed carrots were a great late-summer success and so were the mixed salad greens.

The braided onions hanging on the umbrella are keepers. Some are still hanging in our midwinter pantry.
          
First Day of Summer Market                                      Late Summer Market
STILL NO GOATS!! We realized there was much more we needed to prepare, things like..

FENCES AND MORE FENCES

We replaced the aging perimeter fencing around the 15 acres of pastures.

Next we will electrify it, hopefully with solar power.  Then comes the interior paddock fencing allowing us to rotate our grazing animals.
For more information on roational grazing grass-fed livestock,
go to Project Grass, but come on back!


WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?

It never happened!!

Stephen told them NO with chicken wire to back him up.



Once done, the fence will keep our dog Wyatt in. It will be backed with chicken wire so the chickens can go in the garden to clean up after harvest.
PRETTY AND PRACTICAL
Stephen has long wanted a white three-rail fence to complete the roadside look of the farm.
This warm winter, his brother Ron came up from Alabama to help him.

 

BUILDING RENEWAL

There's the old pig barn turned garden shed.





The barn has been reroofed, painted white, and re-sided (with some help from brother-in-law Mark).



We now have to build the pens, milking parlor, and milk room.
                                              
Hello!
Tick and the hens hopped up to say
Hello
and Wyatt jumped in the wet grass to get all dressed up for the occasion.
Hello!
     

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