January on the farm

  It has been a long time since we have blogged and we thought it was time to let everyone know what we are up to. The girls are back at college and Conard is back in the swing at high school. Here at the farm most of the work consist of getting firewood, taking care of the livestock, and doing small projects as the weater cooperates. All of us did get a chance to do some ice skating on the creek and some sledding during the nice cold snowy period we had after Christmas.

 Sandy and I are catching up on paper work, finishing seed orders, planning chicken and turkey logistics for the coming year, doing taxes, doing inventory. Lots of good inside work. We are looking forward to some great conferences coming up. The Ohio Ecological Food and Farms (OEFFA) annual  Conference  in February is always great. Also we hope to attend the Innovatve Farmer of Ohio (IFO) confernce in March. We are attendig lots of local meetings concerning local food and farm market issues. It is always good to get reconnected with folks we haven't seen for some time, share ideas, and get our personal batteries recharged..

 Hopefully you are able to get some items caught up and do some relaxing on these January days.