New Year!

The seed catalogs for the new year started arriving in the mail before 2010 had even made it's grand debut and boy was Adam excited! His eyes devoured the material as if he had just received the new Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. This has also inspired me to emerge from my blogging hiatus. Since late fall we have mostly been working on fixing up the old farmhouse. I didn't really think it was interesting enough to blog about and after all your reading this because your interested in the farm, not the ennui of sanding old floors.
O.k, so I exaggerate - we have done a few farm related projects since I last wrote, the most exciting of which was learning how to make cheese! Our friends Steve and Chris at Ault's family Farm got a few of their cheese making friends and non cheese making friends together to exchange and share information and techniques. Adam and I learned how to make feta, mozzarella, chevre and ricotta. The cheeses tasted so fresh, i'm hooked. Making cheese is an activity I hope to explore a bit more. I'll be carrying out this new endeavor in our house kitchen, which is not USDA inspected, so I can't sell it, but if I can make a tasty cheese our CSA members might find a sample gift in their shares!

Our fall farming endeavors also included planting strawberry plants, garlic and onions, to be ready in the spring and early summer.

We are also trialing a few varieties of wheat for Roundabout farm in C-ville. I believe the inspiration to do this came from the fellows who bake and run Sub Rosa. Their bread is delicious and just as wonderful is the fact that they are dedicated to finding sustainably grown and or Virginia grown wheat! If your ever at the Byrd House Market in Richmond check them out, you'll never go back to store bought bread again!

Adam will be firing up the greenhouse by the end of January and we'll start seeding for the spring. Woo hoo!!!! This means i'll have more to write about so look for updates every few weeks or so. I'll try to add some new pictures as well.