Cairncrest Farm
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Predator Pressure

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Edmund and Garth both shot deer this season. They hung in our hops barn as long as the weather permitted before being skinned and butchered....
Thursday, January 3, 2013

Heirloom Turkeys in the New Year

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The new year stretches ahead of us.  This is the path worn through the snow by our cows. They use it to retreat from the wind once th...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Cold Weather Grazing

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The other morning I was out moving the cows to a fresh break of grass and marveled at their ability and willingness to eat huge quantities o...
Friday, October 19, 2012

My Brother the Goose Whisperer

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While the competing views of nature as either bleak waste, red in tooth and claw, or a Disneyland inhabited by anthropomorphic herbivores st...
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Squash Harvest

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Where do we store 955 pounds of squash? Almost anywhere.  - Alanna
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Friday, September 7, 2012

Lacto-fermented Sauerkraut Redux

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Garth and I gave and received utilitarian gifts this year. I was fueled by the irritation of using things not suited to the purpose, and I c...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Fertility

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Here is a great little peek into the power of fertilizing.  There are many, many things that a gardener can spend time doing with a feeli...
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Cairncrest Farm
Cairncrest farm is located in central New York, about fifteen miles west of Cooperstown. Brothers Edmund and Garth with their wives Normandy and Alanna purchased the farm in October, 2009, with the intention of starting a grass-based, seasonal dairy producing artisan cheese, but when Edmund discovered he had a dairy allergy they changed course and now produce clean, healthy meat.
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