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Greening up!

I went up this week with some herbicide, we've got some regrowth of autumn olive and tree of heaven, while I was on the hill spraying I was pretty impressed by the growth of what we reseeded. The slope is still a little rough, and needs from work

Narrated Air Tour Late Sept, 2025

Its been about a month since we last did an farm air tour. In this video I talk about some of the exterior improvements we are making and in general narrate the drone as it flies about. https://youtu.be/Oa9_RRflzsg The whole talking and making sense thing while

Farmhouse Electrical Service Entrance.

This week we reached the final steps on connecting the farmhouse and garage to the grid. We passed our electrical inspection and just need to call the power company for the hookup. The old system was worrisome enough that we essentially had to redo the whole system in the farmhouse,

Buckwheat Blooms

Some of the first sections of buckwheat we planted are blooming. I tried to get some pictures of pollinators but it was pretty late in the day. Buckwheat nectar disappears by mid morning. Still, it is encouraging to see some growth and greenery after all of the destruction we caused

Farmhouse Renovation Update

Just a little tour of the progress of the farmhouse renovation

We had a turkey come and visit today.

Thats all. I saw a turkey, and took a picture of it in the upper field. I used some background thunder sounds to sneak up on it and get close enough for a picture.

Ironweed and Cardinal Flower

Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata) and cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) are both in bloom in one of the lower fields now. Both plants are native wildflowers and thrive in wet soils. They are examples of the kind of habitat we are aiming to encourage on the farm. They also both like wet

Invasives Clearing Continues

This weekend our bulldozer operator was still hard at work clearing the invasive autumn olives and bradford pears. There were many tulip poplars as well which aren't a big problem, but they do nothing to further our objectives with the property. I took a longer drone video and

Farmhouse Interior Renovation Begins

We have a great team that is working on the interior of the farmhouse to make it someplace comfortable to occupy. Its turning into a slippery slope project where, the more we dig into and explore what is in the house the more projects we find. Just today I made

Narrated Drone Tour Update

Here I am trying my hand at flying a drone and narrating at the same time. We have made some progress on the farm. Its harder than you think to keep a coherent monologue going and flying the drone without making everyone nauseous. Haha. But it was fun! The biggest

Drone Farm Flyover

Click here to view the video I recorded this flight path in our drone so that i could recreate the flyover and view the changes over time. I've got some earlier shots with the same path, but I've gotta dig it out of the depths of

Clearing And Cleaning

Over the last few weeks we've been cleaning and clearing a lot on invasive species on our farm. This hillside you are looking down was absolutely covered in autumn olives and hybrid poplars. Short term the plan is to plant this with a cover crop that we can

First Post

This is going to be a blog about farming and living in the mountains of Harlan County.