Meet the Producers!

Yes, these chickens like to range free!

Cole started off with six chickens, three Rhode Island Reds, and three Barred Rocks. The day after I got here, a family friend donated two more chickens to the flock. They were from his daughters' class project, and the type and sex of the chickens is yet to be determined... After getting continuously bullied by the alpha females, the new kids on the block are finally getting more comfortable.

The chicken hotel, designed and constructed by Cole

The newbies and the roosting bar

New hay below, chickens laying eggs above

The daily gathering of the eggs, on average they produce about 4-6 a day

The garden in early July

 
Of course the other main producer on the farm is the garden. Its dimensions are 30 feet by 60 feet and the contents are as follows: 

-Squash (butternut, Hubbard, Howden Pumpkin, Winter Luxery, Zucchini, Yellow Crookneck, Galeux d' Eysines, Oregon Sweet Meat, and Lakota)
-Corn (Cascade Ruby Gold, Painted Mountain)
-Tomatoes (Roma, San Marzano, Brandywine, Black Krim, Jersey Devil)
-Eggplant (Black Beauty and Epic) 
-Beans (Arikara, Brightstone, Rossi de Lucca, Tepary Beans)
-Cowpeas (California Black Eye, Whip poor will)
-Peppers (Jalapeno, Poblano, Pasilla, Anaheim, Serrano, California Bell)
-Potatoes (Sangre Red and Yukon Gold, and German Butterball)
-Onions (Yellow Rock and Red Weathersfield, Australian Brown, Copra, Borretana, Jaune Paille des Vertus, Yellow de Parma)
-Shallot (yellow and red)
-Garlic (Chesnok Red, Bogatyr, and Duganski, Silver Skin Italian)
-Kale (Russian and Dinosaur)
-Collard Greens (Morris Heading, Georgia) 

The garden in late July

 

Cole, the gardener