Someone is always watching over me

I recently spent two days traveling three times going on a four hour round trip to Angelica, NY getting 24 yearling Red Devon cows for next years harvest schedule. I […]
Keep your health for spring

I tend to take my health for granted when I’m feeling good and forget what it is like when you’re off kilter. A couple of weeks ago we were out […]
How The Heron is Bettering Our Community, one Mushroom at a Time…

Last spring, Chautauqua Lake Central High School student Lydia Kushmaul visited The Heron to learn about our regenerative farming practices. Through conversations with Steve and Julie Rockcastle and a firsthand […]
False claims of spring

We are a few days in to the spring season and as what can always be expected to happen, the ground has been blanketed with several inches of snow. I […]
Chomping at the Bit

Chomping at the Bit, is the feeling I get this time of year as I write about my angst wanting to get to the garden and into the greenhouse to […]
Time to reflect

As much as I push back on time for relaxation and down time, I find when I am immerse myself in it because I have no other choice, I realize […]
Winter work on the farm

I use to think that the winter season meant a shift of responsibilities and a less stressful work load. It seems lately that my thought process there was a bit […]
NOFA-NY Winter Conference

This past week we spent Saturday attending the NOFA-NY Winter Conference (North East Organic Farming Association of NY) which was held at Morrisville College in Cazenovia, NY. This conference was […]
Treating the animals like King and Queens

I usually will go to a conference with the outlook that if I can come away from the conference with one good idea, then the trip has been worth the […]