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I didn’t know what a grye was until, my artist friend, Robert, went on this research “vacation” to visit one. The sailing vessel, The Sea Dragon, is rounding the cape of South America. He’s concerned about the environment, too, just as much as we are at Cloud 9 Farm. We recycle plastic, glass, cardboard, paper and food scraps for chickens. But more importantly, we think about the container before we purchase whatever is in it and reuse what we can. Plastic, we love the usefulness, we hate the polluting factor, we throw it away or recycle it. At 5 Gyre website they say this: “Our oceans are dynamic systems, made up [...]
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Who is getting fed? The toddler or the cows? She couldn’t resist tasting before feeding the calves. This is just one of the many fun things to do with families when you stay on Cloud 9 Farm!
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Today there was a Poetry Slam at our local library. A poetry “reading” was described to be like passively watching a golf tournament. A poetry slam is when you enthusiastically applaud everyone’s efforts and their bravery for getting up in front of an audience for the first time to share their inner most feelings. My long time blueberry picking friend, Marsha Jackson, felt so moved by her experience of nature out in the patch that she debued her poem written after the season. Here are three verse of her well spoken poem just to give you a sampling. You need to come, stay at Cloud 9, pick your own blueberries, [...]
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So you think all eggs come in perfect elliptical medium to jumbo sizes? Not so. There are often eggs with a slightly hour glass shape, jumbo double yolkers (ouch), some with several shades of brown on the shell, and even an occasional shell-less egg. This egg, gathered yesterday, is less than half the size. Young chickens lay these sort of as a warm up to “real” egg laying. It will have a joke of a yolk speck, but mostly egg white. Must be from those hens that know you’re on a diet! P.S. All renters receive a dozen fresh eggs either “picked” for you or you can gather them yourself [...]
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What makes a farmer feel wealthy in the winter? A. barn full of hay B. freezer full of beef, veggies C. seasoned firewood under cover D. all of the above
When the weather looks like this…you don’t mind staying inside and cleaning out a closet or two, watching a TV show you usually wouldn’t in the middle of the day, but mostly ahh-ing over snow defined views from the warmth of the house… or even sorting those receipts for the dreaded tax 1040. But now these snows have melted, it’s past Ground Hog day and the robins have come back to Cloud 9 Farm. Who wants to stay inside now, when there are bee hives to inspect for survivorship, gardens to plan, sticks to pick up and firewood to cut for next year? Taxes are done…ah, come on spring.
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To get those fat chickens to dare take a step out of the coop when there is snow on the ground, you have to shovel out a spot so they can at least see a little brown. Then throw some of yellow and brown chicken scratch out to tempt them. They still hesitate. But eat they must because they still lay big brown eggs through the winter. All vacationers at Heavenly Hideaway Cabin and Cloud 9 Relaxation Home (near Biltmore estate) get a starter dozen of jumbo eggs when they come.
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This is how! Elsie, 7 months old just wants an apple so baaaad. Whoops, gotta check where the snow laden tree must have fallen on the electric fence. PS Bring apples for the cows (not carrots…they are for horses) when you come to Cloud 9 Farm.
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Whenever a new calf is born on Cloud 9 Farm, the renter at the time, gets to name it. Sooooo, presenting Butch, named by two sisters from Florida, looking for a macho name for this new stud. Actually, this new baby face stud will have a couple weeks reprieve before becoming a steer! I bent down to gather some baling twine with camera in the other hand and Butch ventured away from his mother to investigate. The whole time she was growling like a mad dog warning him of possible danger, but still Butch independently checked me out, looking back at her every other step. He finally did heed her [...]
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The sweet perfume of blueberry blossoms pulls the honey bees and bumble bees into the lure of sweet reward…pollinating for a cross pollinated crops for me and sweet nectar to take back to the hive for the colony. I keep 5 colonies of honeybees for this sole purpose that happens every April here at Cloud 9 Farm. It’s a little later than normal with the much needed rains and the long lasting blackberry winter but welcome as the true sign of spring.
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