Tag Archives: Stray Arrow Ranch

Why work this hard?

Even my long-time friends, the ones who know me well enough not to be surprised by much, ask why we have become novice farmers at this relatively late age. Why do we want to work so hard? I ask…

Baby Chicks!

Even a good layer hen will only produce a lot of eggs in her first couple of years. Then it’s either permanent retirement or the stewpot for her. Only one of the current batch of Stray Arrow hens has…

Memo to resident barnyard males

Memorandum to all present and future resident males of the Stray Arrow Ranch barnyard

So as to make your time here at the ranch more pleasant and companionable for all, the management requests that you remember these important…

First season as a farmer: what got done

This is the third post in a series on how we started growing apples. The first post explained why I felt compelled to raise food and the second traced the thinking on why we chose to raise

Why apples? Why cider apples?

My last post explained some of the reasons why we are taking up agriculture at this late stage in our lives. Here’s how we zeroed in on apples as our main crop. My next post details the