Lamm Farm

Yesterday I sat beside my daughter in the bleachers at the Gold Country Fair, Jr. Livestock Auction. The Jr. Livestock Auction is the culmination of the project year for youth largely associated with 4-H and FFA. Their projects consisted of … Continue reading →

After a year and a half of moving dirt, planting, nearly constant weeding, demolition and construction, it feels like we’re finally able to stand out in the field, look around and see the fruits of our labor.  The lavender is … Continue reading →

A few months ago, I did quite a bit of research in preparation for our first try at lavender propagation.  Since then, we’ve been working on other projects (okay, mostly just endless weeding and mowing) and waiting for enough new … Continue reading →

Every year in mid-March, I head to San Francisco (or rather, San Mateo) for the San Francisco Garden Show.  I always take a day off from work so I can visit the show early in the week and round up … Continue reading →

This weekend, we all took a break.  We didn’t really want to – we really wanted to order a dumpster and continue with our barn demolition work.  But it finally rained this week – hard – so we decided to … Continue reading →

This was a great spring weekend to get things done.  In two days we weeded the back lavender field, mowed between the rows and pulled up the remaining disintegrating weed cloth, did our first full spring inspection of the beehive … Continue reading →

  Every farm has one. A loyal and dependable hand that will do whatever is asked, cheerfully. They live to please and to be close….and unfortunately, Every farm loses at least one of these hands over time. As is often … Continue reading →

Whether we’re ready for it or not, winter is slowly fading to spring.  Not like there’s been much of a change in terms of the weather.  Most of January was sunny with highs in the 60′s and, come to think … Continue reading →

We asked Gloria, our resident birdwatcher to blog for this week’s Farmhouse Festival Fridays over at The Renegade Farmer.  Click on over to their site to read more farming stories. When I was a child, I loved to climb the … Continue reading →

Last weekend, we poured a concrete foundation for our new, old, new to the farm lavender drying shed.  We’ve been talking quite a bit about outbuildings for the farm lately and though it may seem like nothing special, barns and … Continue reading →