The Grimesville Blog
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Our Infrastructure is growing!
October 22, 2015
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We had Lon Ellis Welding build our shop. It is about 1200 sq ft with 12ft overhangs on each side.
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Black-eyed Peas Galore!
August 11, 2015
We planted two garden beds with black-eyed peas- one bed in the beginning of April and another bed about a month later. We’ve made two pots so far and have enough to make at least four more as of right now. The second bed has just started producing within the…
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Baling Hay
August 5, 2015
Pros of a rainy spring = lots of hay
Last year we had 9 bales of hay- this year we have 32 bales.
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Buddy’s Photo Session
July 27, 2015
Our dog Buddy has been enjoying Grimesville quite a bit as well. When the spring flowers were blooming I was able to make him stay still (sort of) for a photo shoot.
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Photo Shoot With Buddy
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What is Buddy Distracted by?
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A fly!
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Will he catch it?
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Maybe?
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Yum.
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Springtime in Grimesville
May 30, 2015
Besides chickens we also want to provide for our own fruits and vegetables. We decided to start small and built three garden beds for onions, black-eyed peas, and potatoes. We also planted tomatoes and okra in the ground. While our vegetables were beginning to grow so were the wild flowers…
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Grimesville Becomes Official
May 11, 2015
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Three generations of Grimes men came together to make Grimesville official. After welding the letters on and painting the pipes green it was ready to be welded back in place.
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Chicken Processing
January 12, 2015
After five months of growing chickens it was finally time to begin the next stage: Chicken Processing. This was my first experience doing anything like this, and although it is not a glamorous job, the end result is very satisfying.
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Farm Life Installment 4
October 14, 2014
Progress Continues …
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Some good reads:The following books have step by step ways of accomplishing organic farming whether you want to do it for yourself or as a business.
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Farm Life Installment 3
October 6, 2014
All in a day’s work.
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Farm Life Installment 2
August 14, 2014
Domestic and Wild Animals
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Farm Life
August 12, 2014
My photographic research has given me a glimpse into the workings of our society. A conglomerate of greed and corruption has taken over our state and federal governments, monetary system, legal system, media networks, food industry, medical industry, and almost any industry that still exists in the United States
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