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Sep 09
Community and Farming
As I write stories and adventures in Sweetwater Diaries, you will read a lot about Nate, Ollie and me. That is to be expected since I am journaling about our experiences farming and raising a toddler in today’s time and culture. But the truth is, our successes and growth have not always been or will …
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Sep 05
Balancing Summer Time & Toddler Time On The Farm
For most people, Summer time is a time to relax and sneak in family trips and adventures during the nice weather. Of course most people still work too, but the kids are off school and we all try to keep them entertained and enjoy the summer weather as best as we can. This year as …
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Aug 26
5 years later…lots of updates
Hello Folks! We’re back with lots of updates. Now we are three with little Ollie! (Nate is still silly as ever) I cannot believe it has been five years since my last post! A LOT has changed in those 5 years: We bought our own 80 acre farm across from the old family farm. …
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Sep 29
Help Our Farm & Save Our Backs
Hello family, friends, & supporters, (DONATE HERE: http://www.gofundme.com/4jyjj4) We are posting this because we need your help. Read on to see how you can help. We have been working hard over the past few months here on SweetWater to develop a sustainable farm. Our hope is to create a place that family and friends will …
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Sep 16
SweetWater’s Going Green
Welcome back to SweetWater! We have been busy working away the past few weeks and have a lot to share. Not only are we cutting hay, but we built an impressive greenhouse that will hopefully keep us growing well into the winter months. All in all, the greenhouse is 65 feet long and 16 feet …
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Aug 30
Free Range Days Are Here On SweetWater!
Welp, I may have fallen behind on the blog, but we have made a lot of great steps forward on the farm. So Today I thought I would take a moment to try to catch you up a bit about life on SweetWater. A month or so ago we were wishing for rain & now …
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Jul 25
Mishaps & Raindrops On Roses
Greetings from Captain Von Trapp! Well part of the promise of this blog was to share not only our adventures on the farm, but our misadventures and mishaps too. I guess as we get older we realize that often those “that’s not how we planned it” moments just happen sometimes. Even if they are down …
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Jul 15
Rain Dances, Machines, & More Machines
After many many rain dances, we finally have rain. You can almost hear the critters, plants, & grass sigh with relief. We needed it and although it didn’t last long, we’ll take what we can get. Not only does the rain bring nourishment to the plants, cool the air down a bit, but it also …
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Jun 28
Will The Roosters Please Step Forward? (Critters & More)
Leo our resident Fatty Welp, we have had a few busy weeks and it looks like I need to play catch up. I think I will break it down into three separate blogs to make it a little more reader friendly. I’ll call this one: Critters & More. Part 1: Critters & More Well, we …
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