A Family Farm Making Local Food Production the Norm – Again!
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Farmers Kyle, Kassy, and daughter Abigail went to the “Market at the Mill” yesterday and had a great time getting to talk with customers and other vendors. With the threat of rain and the windy weather customers were in low numbers.
Abigail made up for that by taking eggs and bartering 
with Gdaddys BBQ for a little pulled pork. She gives Gdaddys a glowing review that can’t be put into words so here is a picture of the her enjoying the Gdaddys BBQ.
We recommend that you make time to come out to the “Market at the Mill” and meet us but more than that to enjoy a great atmosphere and buy/support local food. You can find fresh eggs, vegetables, honey, wheat grass and more. Hope to see you there next week!
We had one of our game hens go broody so we decided to let her set a nest of Rhode Island Red eggs and see what happens. About twenty or so days latter, we have 18 newly hatched chicks that are looking great. God has truly blessed us. Another hen is starting to go broody so we may go for another batch. We shall see.
Pigs
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This year we decided to add pigs to the farm diversity. It has been a fun adventure so far. Last week I posted a on Facebook about training the pigs to electric fence. They learned fast and have been in their new paddock for the last 5 days and no escapes…well maybe there was one.
When first moved the pigs into a full electric paddock, one pig did test the fence. He got shocked and backed up into the other pigs which were right behind him. Of course this made him run forward through the fence. Pigs stick together, so they all followed him.
We had a fun time rounding them back up. It was me(Kyle), my pregnant wife (Kassy), our three children (Elijah, Nehemiah, and Abigail), and Papaw (Don my dad). It took a little time but we got them back into the new paddock which has a little wooded area. They went straight into the wooded area and stayed for a while. They finally explored the new paddock and quickly learned not to check the fence. Now they love it. Here is a video:
What I love about this type of fencing for the pigs is that you can keep them any where. This new paddock is next to our house that is close to the road and it is where we eventually plan to put in an orchard. The pigs do a great job of prepping the ground and make it a lot easier to clear the brush. At the same time the fencing allows us to fully utilize the pigs around the farm and lets them be pigs. Another great part is that people driving by don’t even know we have pigs there. No need for big buildings to confine them. Just simple fencing which is they way we like it.
Stick with us as we grow our family farm and make Local Food Production the Norm – Again!
Farmers Kyle & Kassy Varnell welcome their new baby girl Maryam Joy Varnell born July 9th. Please remember them in prayer this week. Praise the Lord for the new addition!
