Howell Victory Farm

The moody skies of March. What will these fickle clouds bring us next?

Did you see the sunset tonight? Like an apricot, or a blood orange. We sat outside to wrap up the day, to watch the sun set, and certainly didn’t expect this.
No clouds, just haze from the Canadian wildfires.
An Aunt of mine said if you stand with your back to the moon and look through your knees, the moon looks bigger. (Yes, this always made us giggle). We never thought to do it to a sunset.

Last day of school bouquets for the teachers. Here comes summer!

New at the farm… meet Mila!

Every litter has a chicken or two hanging around. This one has a rooster, with a very fancy tail.

‘Tis the season for eggs! After incubating eggs and hatching chicks last season, it was disappointing to find that a large percentage of the chicks were little roosters. Evidently that has something to do with temperature! When the eggs chill during the process, more roosters develop. I never knew that! Having too many roosters is not good for a flock of hens, and egg production plummets.
We’ve been working on getting that balance right all season. Remember Ma Ingalls saying, “Whistling girls and crowing hens, always come to some bad ends?” Once the rooster population is down, there are always one or two hens that really do start to crow, and are really roos, just waiting for their chance to out sing their dearly departed competition.
And now you know more than you ever thought to ask.

Our stellar son-in-law, Ty, with a little bit of our pork. Wait until you see what he does with this!

Glory, Hallelujah- look at this sunset!!

Come & see us at the Brighton Farmers Market on Saturday, June 15th. You can get everything at the market for your weekend meals, plus it’s really fun. Stop by & say hello!

These are some of the prettiest seeds I’ve ever seen! Here’s hoping the flora is equally beautiful.

Hey, Howell! We have very locally raised pork, raised on pasture like they should be. Our heritage Gloucester Old Spots pigs produce some of the best chops, bacon, sausage & hams you can imagine. Available by the cut or a side, you can find out the details at howellvictoryfarm.com, and check out the other things we've been working on.