One of life’s four great pleasures, according to Garrison Keillor, our sweet corn is ready. And it is good!
We tried a new variety this year, an augmented supersweet, and the corn is not only undeniably sweet, but large. The ears pictured above are 22 and 20 rows around. Hu-u-u-ge!
Next Saturday will be the last chance you have to try some, as we will be sold out after that.
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Braden finished his movable chicken pens and I helped him move his broiler chickens out to pasture. We have had the coldest April on record, so there isn’t much pasture, but the chickens seem happy in their new home.
Braden put his own spin on a Salatin style, movable chicken pen. I hope to post with more detail in the future. The pens are moved daily to fresh pasture. The pen is keeping the predators away from the chickens, and the chickens are really thriving. He is still planning on having freshly frozen chickens for the May 26th market.
I helped Daniel rototill the garden and she has started moving her indoor started vegetables outdoors, and also started direct seeding some of her crops.
I rototilled the sweet corn plot and plan to plant next week if the soil continues to warm. We should have delicious sweet corn around the first of August.
Winter/Spring farrowing has gone well, and I have lots of healthy feeder pigs. My fall-calving herd has wintered well on our home-raised hay, and are chomping at the bit to get on fresh pasture.
Cattle aren’t particularly smart, but they are masters at body language. They know exactly what it means when they see me repairing electric fence. I’m sure they are salivating as much as when Pavlov’s dogs hear a bell.
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I rode with Braden last week to Abendroth Hatchery to pick up his chicks. Braden got a couple hundred broilers and some red pullets for layers.
They are off to a good start, although its been cold this first week of April. Braden plans to build movable pens and start them on pasture as soon as the chicks are big enough and the weather moderates.
We have a butcher date for May 22nd, so we plan to have chicken available at the Dane County Farmer’s Market on May 26th.
Danielle has started vegetables in trays in her apartment. She says they are off to a good start as well. My young partners are excited to start farming!
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