Woodmizer in Action

A much-welcomed rainy day affords time for the computer, so I bring you all the next episode of snippets of life on North Branch Farm.One of the many treasures we inherited with the farm is a 1989 Woodmizer LT28, which is a sawmill not so very different from the one...

Weekly Reports

Friends!The past days have been an exciting mix of projects and events and people.Almost two weeks ago Ben and Oleh, a pair of WWOOFers, arrived at North Branch Farm. WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, formerly known as Willing Workers on...

Breaking Ground Part Two

A driveway for the new house! The first three pictures were supposed to be a panorama, top would be on the left and bottom on the right, but I don’t have the ability to stitch them together.And a slab! Seth and Jonathan making final adjustments to the staked-out...

Breaking Ground Part One

We have had a long run of hot, sunny, intermittently steamy days with temperatures up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, which irks me mostly because we do not yet have ideal watering systems in place for animals or plants but also because when I moved away from North Carolina...

Swiftly Speeding Seasons

Welcome, everyone, to a time of pretty cows on pretty pasture! What else is new? Seth, Tyler and Elsie are taking turns on our two biggest tractors the International–“Big Red”–and the Oliver–“The Green Giant,” one with the...

Two Weeks (+) in Summary

Spring has been charging forward with a vengeance here at North Branch Farm, and we are soaking it all in! A little over a week ago, Tyler and I spent some time on the barn roof and between our efforts and a couple of other stints around the same time, the north side...
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