Thanks to La Nina, it's looking like a good year to start a farm operation. Seven inches of snow in the valley today and more to come this week. Mountains of snow up above and a good water year ahead. Hooray!
This week we signed up for the Rural Roots food safety course and applied for stall space at the Nampa Farmers Market. Looking forward to bringing the farm to market.
Still to do before spring: finish out the chicken house and yard, build chicken tractors, form the LLC, get the financial plan on paper, work out the Idaho, Oregon and USDA regs for interstate transport of processed meat and work on marketing materials and displays. Spring is only 51 days away!
Addendum: Morganne also points out that we're in for a great morel season. Though as every modern farm girl knows, secret family mushroom hunting grounds are Not To Be Blogged About. So that's all about that.
About Me
- fat bottom farm
- Oregon/Idaho, United States
- Fat Bottom Farm is 50 acres in Eastern Oregon, owned by Carol (Mom) who maintains a large lawn and garden and leaves the rest for habitat. I also have a little garden in Western Idaho on the bank of a canal behind my house. The two are about an hour apart. Carol is a compulsive gardener and veteran of 23 seasons on this site; I am an interested amateur with a little time to spare on holidays and weekends...and a growing compulsion of my own. Recently joined by sister/daughter Jen in Half Moon Bay whose first garden is a high raised bed that is thriving. This is the chronicle of what I am learning by oral tradition, book learnin', trial and error, happy accident, horrible accident and friendly advice. Also, I like to take photos and share with family.