by Ashley | Dec 2, 2009 | General
For those of you who follow us on Facebook, you know that we have finally reached the part of the business where we are farm shopping! These past 8 months have been quite an adventure – cleaning up Ashley’s parents’ house and barn, mending fences, learning the ins and...
by Ashley | Nov 18, 2009 | General
Well first and foremost, I would like to welcome Midnight Sleightly Cool to Pony Tail Acres. ”Coolio” is a Section B Welsh pony stallion that will be standing at stud come spring. He’s still a youngster at 2 years old. He is owned by a trainer at Green Acres who...
by Ashley | Nov 18, 2009 | Alternative Fuels
The barrels are in place. The manure, sawdust, straw, leaves and food waste is piled up. The barrels are full of water with 200 feet of water hose submerged in them. The basic system is set up and in place! So here’s a few numbers for where we’re at: Water coming out...
by Ashley | Nov 16, 2009 | Alternative Fuels
Did you know that the sun is hot? Indeed it is! But what about those cold winter days when the temps drop to below 30? Is the sun still hot? Yes! So if there was a way to capture the heat from the sun and not have to use fossil fuels or electricity from the grid (coal...
by Ashley | Nov 3, 2009 | Horse Boarding
First and foremost, the Staples Family welcomes Jackazoom to the family. He is an Appendix Quarter horse ( TB/QH cross for those who don’t know), around 16 hands and 7 years old. And he’s dappled grey. I guess I should rename my farm Grey Acres since Goose and Zoomer...
by Ashley | Sep 16, 2009 | General
And yet again another long times between posts. Sorry! The big front garden plants are about done so I’ve starting pulling them up to replace with a fall/winter crops. Not sure what I will be pulling down yet, any requests? The house garden is growing BIG! The...
by Ashley | Jun 22, 2009 | General
I had a long, hot, tiring weekend…but it was so much fun! I worked in the garden, worked at Green Acres, visited the horse show, and had a great dinner with my dad and husband’s dad. We also sold some of our produce at the Canton farmers market. All in all a great...
by Ashley | Jun 11, 2009 | General
Produce for sale! We have cucumbers, yellow crookneck squash, and zucchini for sale starting Friday, June 12. Come and get it!
by Ashley | May 28, 2009 | Organic Farming
If you are new to enjoying the PTA blog, you might not know that one of the farm goals is to be sustainably run. That being said, we haven’t made a whole lot of progress on this goal since we are having to buy so many new materials. But as gardening items are starting...
by Ashley | May 26, 2009 | Organic Farming
Wow, such a long time without an update! I hope ya’ll will forgive me . Well, everything is going along smooth and steady right now. Plants are growing in the front garden, in containers, and in the greenhouse. (Note: Pictures will be coming soon as we work on...
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