by Debbie Apple | Feb 17, 2020 | Farm News
Day 1 at RCF This year Brayden will raise about 1500 chickens. If the weather keeps up it’s warm and cold spells he may even be able to go year-round and up that number by about 400. The bottom line is that we sell a boat-load of chicken. I thought I...
by Debbie Apple | Jan 22, 2019 | Farm News
One comment we’ve both heard and uttered over the many years we’ve milked cows without grain inputs usually went something like this, “if someone would just do some serious lab testing on 100% grass-fed dairy …” Well, now, according to...
by Debbie Apple | Jun 7, 2016 | Farm News
Last week I went out to the Aveda school in Brentwood for a haircut and the woman getting her haircut next to me mentioned about how she was trying to eat organically but didn’t know where to go to find good, healthy food. Of course I piped up and told her...
by Debbie Apple | Feb 9, 2016 | Animals, Farm News
It never, ever fails! Whenever there’s historical storm a baby will be born on River Cottage Farm and with a full moon to boot this baby had no choice but to be born in the snow. So, after a week overdue according to our records, baby Michi Storm was born last...
by Debbie Apple | Jan 23, 2016 | Animals, Farm News
by Debbie Apple | Nov 16, 2015 | Farm News, Musings, Thoughts and Reflections
A fleeting glimpse of Beauty The other day while I was alone on the farm I found a little surprise up on the hill by Narnia; a sprite little bull calf from Sweetie Pie our Ayrshire cow. He is SO cute and has such a funny personality, even then at the ripe old age of 2...
