Our farmers were finding that it was becoming time consuming to venture out on pasture to let the laying hens out of their housing every morning and back in each night. That’s when they took an old lunchbox they found and upcycled it into a makeshift unit to power the henhouse door automatically. Now the door is linked to two timers that are connected to a switch and set to open at dawn and close at dusk each day. Better yet, the whole system is powered by solar!
The chickens are out on pasture right now, eating up grass and bugs and greening the grass behind them.
Written by Tom Prohl, Production Educator for our Teen Ag Program, “Tom Talk” is a weekly feature in our summer CSA newsletter and offers insights on a range of topics regarding our five-acre vegetable plot.
To help those who might be coming to the farm for their very first time, we’ve created a sample itinerary that allows you to have meaningful interactions with food, farming, and nature and fully experience this special place in just a day trip.
A common joke among Teen Ag crew members is that the carrots could be sold for double their standard grocery store price tag, since they were grown in a field overlooking the ocean.
Written by Tom Prohl, Production Educator for our Teen Ag Program, “Tom Talk” is a weekly feature in our summer CSA newsletter and offers insights on a range of topics regarding our five-acre vegetable plot.
Despite the inevitable exhaustion that comes from rising before the sun for milking (Kelly is not a morning person), the moment she’s given opportunity to speak about cows, she immediately lights up.