Category Archives: Pets

Father’s Day

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Tom

We spent just an overnight, working only a bit, over Father’s day weekend on the farm.  Just another run of photos, and only for the first day and a half, as the battery went dead on the camera. The first … Continue reading →

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Working And Playing With Food

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Tom

Last night we made a trip to The Adickes Farm northwest of Buffalo.  Just me and all the kids.  Patti was not having any luck getting work done at home with a houseful of them, and I needed to get … Continue reading →

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Another Weekend On Our Farm

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Tom

So not going to do a lot of editing here.  Again.  Just going to talk through the photos from being up there again this last weekend. I did not plant any raspberries this spring.  Had planned to.  Had even ordered … Continue reading →

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Labor On Memorial Day

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Tom

We had planned on having 3 full days up at the farm.  Weather put a kibosh on those plans.  The trees we  had planted, as well as everything else, was getting watered, so we did not head up until Sunday … Continue reading →

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4th Weekend Of Tree Planting

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Tom

Last big weekend this year of digging holes.  Not a lot of photos for various reasons.  One was we misplaced our camera.  So I did a weekend without it.  Then I bought another one, which was promptly stolen out of … Continue reading →

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Implementation

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Tom

So last Friday, Pike, Nell and I headed up north to the property. We had the Expedition loaded to the gills with 100+ rhubarb crowns, 200 apple trees, and everything we thought we needed for camping. Original plan was for … Continue reading →

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Working On The Farm

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Tom

The Real Farm.  4 Daughters farm. We got up there Friday at about 6 pm.  Plan was to get the 7 acre southwestern field frost seeded in dwarf clover before nightfall.  Seeder only planted about 5′ to each side, and … Continue reading →

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Annual Grouse Hunt

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Tom

So once again, the annual ruffed grouse hunting trip, which we have made, since 1979 (when it was my, my dad, and his dad) happened again.  This year it was both of my brothers, Nell, myself and my dad.Hard to … Continue reading →

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The Heat Breaks

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Tom

Honestly, not a ton cooler, but lower humidity, and comfortable enough temps to spend a day working outside instead of needing the blessing of air conditioning every 15 minutes to keep from collapsing.  I am not built for temperatures over … Continue reading →

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More Pike, More Blackberries

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Tom

Life has been busy, between puppy, kids, gardens, and everything else that goes on, so I apologize for not getting more posts logged. So, this is a week ago.  Patti and I were back down at my parent’s to pick … Continue reading →

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