Possum Tales

Happy Thanksgiving Here is a selfie from our pet turkey for your enjoyment.     This turkey is so personable.  He looks in the house windows to see what we are doing.  He comes over to chat when we are out doing chores.  He showers the hens with unrequited love.  He’s just so..big...compared…

Your help is needed Here on the farm we experience hardships from time to time;  blisteringly cold spells, unpredictable animals,  crop loss. But, this time, there is something you can do to help!  We are running out of space in our freezers.   If you have been waiting to stock up on our Certified…

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes We are about to build a barn.  That doesn’t sound mind boggling, but it is. We are about to build a barn! That one sentence conveys that we are in this for the long haul.  We are in our 5th year of farming.  We can finally see that the farm is beginning to be profitable and we…

This blog and photographs are the work of Lise Metzger.  You can read the first post in the series below or here.  The other two can be read directly on her Grounded Women website here and here.   Lise's photography work can be seen here.   The Grand Experiment: Jennie Kahly Part 1 April 6,…

Spring Spring Spring!   This is definitely the most fun time on the farm.  We have babies everywhere-chicken babies, goat kids, calves and baby bunnies.  Getting up at midnight to check on the chicks in the brooder is not so bad when you get to observe fluffy balls thriving in their comfortable…

We are about to start our 5th season on the farm.  I am surprised by how much easier some things have gotten.  Our yearly planning sessions take less time because we have a broader understanding of what kinds of time,energetic, asset and emotional commitments we are making.  Each year we have a…

Our Exciting News-Possum sightings in Falls Church VA and Pittsburgh PA We will be making a meat delivery into Falls Church, VA on Friday January 29th.  Meat will be available for pick up from 4:30pm-????  Contact us if you would like to be added to our Falls Church e-mail list and/or place an…

AAAAAHHHHHH!!! The woodstove is burning and bone broth is simmering on the stove.  We are cultivating “hygge” here.  People wonder how we can stand the winters in Terra Alta. It is all a matter of perception.  We brave the cold and wind gusts to go and care for the hens and cattle twice a day.  But,…

  Happy October “I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Our family has been enjoying the harvest!  We canned 80 jars of applesauce and slices, a bunch of dried apple slices,  50 jars of peaches, and made apple and pumpkin pies from…

Questions to ask your Meat Farmer How long are the animals on their farm?   Our CNG cattle have been on our farm for over 2 years.  At this point the CNG cattle will have been born and raised on our farm.  We raise a couple of Non-CNG cattle that have been raised on a neighbor's farm under…