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About 100 clay pipes are in the way of a planter bed that I want to build from black locust as well as finishing the last section of the garden. The place I want to use the pipes is on … Continue reading →

Feeding the chickens, collecting eggs, grooming the horse, climbing on fences, it’s a playground!  We had a great time showing the girls around the farm, and they are welcome back anytime.

About a week ago, we got an unexpected and welcomed delivery of wood chips from one of the tree services we had used.  I guess they figured we wanted wood chips, and we needed more to finish the garden.  We … Continue reading →

Over the Christmas holiday, four Black Locust trees fell on our neighbor’s property.  As luck would have it, we got permission to cut the wood we need to finish the garden beds.  A friend who’s a professional tree cutter graciously … Continue reading →

Our friends came over today to get some manure for their garden.  We have plenty to share!  Snickers, our friendly Arab, got some petting and grooming in exchange.  It was a beautiful day!  

The River Rock Walkway was done by the end of the year! Today, I started to apply the mortar for a smooth surface.  I bought 10 bags of mortar and used 6, about 1/3 done.  I’ll have to continue on … Continue reading →

It’s amazing that a year has gone by since I last worked with cement and river rocks. https://lovecreekfarm.com/2016/12/29/river-rock-walkway/ Having a few weeks vacation and no rain makes the perfect combination for working on this project.  Hopefully, 2017 will be the … Continue reading →

The weather this December has been very sunny so a lot of work is getting done.  We just finished the cement block retaining wall.  Now, we can do other garden projects.  On Tuesday, a leaning black locust was cut down.  … Continue reading →

The chickens have their zone, and they enjoyed the day eating fresh grass and relaxing outside their large coop. Meanwhile, farmhand Will and I continued to dig out the hillside for the retaining wall.  We straightened up the wall edge … Continue reading →

On Friday, December 1, 2017 we decided to have a large bay tree cut back for two purposes.  First, the fire department said it was too close to the house with branches hanging over the roof.  Second, we needed more … Continue reading →