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Goodbye Sweet Chili

My favorite chicken, and a favorite among many who visit Dragonfly Farm, was Chili Pepper, my Rhode Island Red from my very first batch of chicks. She was the sweetest chicken. She would tug on shirt sleeves or pant legs to get me, and visitors, to pick her up and snuggle her. She would buryContinue reading “Goodbye Sweet Chili”

Predators

The title sounds so ominous! Luckily, no living things were harmed for the posting of this blog. We have felt some of Mother Nature’s wrath this growing season. First, we had Japanese beetles. Now, mind you, they come every year. I know it’s the grubs in the ground, but I try (and try to getContinue reading “Predators”

Blooming Business: How we got started with flowers

In 2020 I began to think about the stress my job was causing. I began to think about what I would do next. Did I want to go out and get my teaching license renewed and go back to teaching? That didn’t seem like the right fit at that time. Then, one evening we wereContinue reading “Blooming Business: How we got started with flowers”

The Buzz About Our Bees

Last year in the farm stand we sold honey from our beehives at Dragonfly Farm. We ended up harvesting about 7 gallons. We love having the hives and the honey for friends, neighbors, and customers, so I wanted to post about our journey as beekeepers thus far. When we first got started on the farm,Continue reading “The Buzz About Our Bees”

We “kid” You Not, The Goats Came Next

When we finished the big barn on our property we wondered what to fill it with! We knew we wanted to start with chicks, and we did, but then what was to be next? We narrowed it down to goats or sheep. We have some relatives who raise goats (at Clark’s LMH Farm) and theyContinue reading “We “kid” You Not, The Goats Came Next “

More About Our Chickens!

Our first summer, after our first flock had become adults, we learned from a friend that a friend of hers had posted “free chickens for friends or food”. So, we went and picked up four black Austrolorps-big black hens. They were “maybe 3-5 years old” when we got them and they were done laying eggs.Continue reading “More About Our Chickens!”

The First Residents at the Dragonfly Barn: The Chickens

We first decided to have chickens on the farm in 2020. We ordered our first group of chicks from a local hatchery and picked them up on the day they hatched. We got nine chicks in our first flock. We named them all after herbs and spices (onion powder, chili pepper, and mustard, for example).Continue reading “The First Residents at the Dragonfly Barn: The Chickens”

Easy Basil Pesto

We grow a lot of herbs on the farm, one of them being basil. We love to use it to make pesto. We normally use this recipe from Simply Recipes. It’s simple and delicious! Recently the local grocery stores were out of pine nuts so we substituted walnuts and it was just as flavorful. WeContinue reading “Easy Basil Pesto”

Our Farm

People often ask me if I always wanted to be a farmer/own a farm/have farm animals. My answer is always no. I had dreams of living in a neighborhood with family and dogs. My husband and I have lived near our current farm for years and walked and ran by the property, often saying thatContinue reading “Our Farm”