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Spring Garden Update: The Native Gardens

by Clare | May 29, 2012 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Plants, Natives

There’s no question that this is my favorite time of year. The native gardens are at their absolute best between May and June, when so many of the plants are in peak bloom. This proved to be a very busy weekend for us, as we tried to catch up on a rather long...

Lotus & Minnie: A Grand Day Out

by Clare | May 22, 2012 | Farm Blog, Goats

When Lotus wrote the last post, she was convinced the farmers had completely lost the plot. Over the course of a week the girls had been bathed, clipped from head to toe, and had both of their ears tattooed. Even though they didn’t realize it, this was all to...

Lotus & Minnie: A Close Shave

by The Goats | May 15, 2012 | Farm Blog, Goats

Hello! It’s Lotus and Minnie here, we have something to tell you, but we don’t have much time before the farmers get back. Listen closely. We’re really worried about the Curbstone Valley farmers. We love our humans, and they’ve been so very...

The New Native Plant Garden

by Clare | May 11, 2012 | Farm Blog, Garden

Now that I’m almost caught up in the vegetable gardens for spring, I thought I’d take a moment to update on the progress of the new native garden plan. Part of the delay in updating on the garden is that this project has now turned into revamping three...

Lotus & Minnie: The Goats are Growing Up

by Clare | May 4, 2012 | Farm Blog, Goats

I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I last posted about the goats! Where did April go? We’ve been so busy, time just seems to be slipping by. When we last updated about the goat’s progress, we left Minnie standing underneath the...