Double Up Farm

Many years ago, a friend and I decided to make butter. Because we are the way we are, I wanted raw milk, you know, the way nature kind...

For a crusty old curmudgeon, I sure enjoy having people out to the farm!! March brings Shearing Day, and November brings Farm Day. I...

Hurricane Florence - so far, so good!! For us, just a lot of rain. Lots of rain here means a couple of things: the low areas are going...

I call them Farm Tours, but they are really a chance to have friends over for a visit (sometimes friends I don't even know yet). If you...

I always have the best of intentions to be a more active blogger, but it turns out I am too busy living my life to always find the time...

~~The gentleman farmer works for pleasure rather than financial gain~~ A gentleman farmer ... farms mainly for pleasure rather than for...

Oh sometimes I am so clever I kill myself - that little title rhyme....hehehe. Shearing Day is next Saturday. For the first time, I am...

I am not a big fan of roosters, but Lieutenant Dan has been pretty nice. He is very good to the ladies, he ignores me, and he is...

If somehow you have missed my going on and on and on about the new sheep: I got some new sheep! My friend Lee started with the sheep...

I know I have posted about this before, but today was such an outstanding visit to our local dairy, I am compelled to go on and on and on...

If you care enough to buy cage free eggs, care enough to do the right thing. If you care, ASK the person selling you eggs. I appreciate...

~~~~Mornings are better when you have an entourage (and a copilot)~~~~ I admire efficiency. Like tidiness, it just makes me happy and...

We are entering my favorite food time of the year. Sure, I love Autumn harvest stuff, and Christmas goodies, and there's always room for...

The Mother's Day weekend has brought a whole lot of mother love into the Double Up realm. First, Ethel's chicks began hatching, and...

First things first - these rolls are perhaps the best bread product I have ever had in my life. Stage one - Sponge (leaven) Water – 1 ½ c...

Since 2009, I have been looking at greenhouses. After a few years, I cleared an area which we called "the future site of the greenhouse"....

So much work, so little time to write fascinating blog entries. I left my iPod in the car when it went into the shop. This means that I...

Such a lovely day today, and they have been such wonderful sheep, I decided the flock could go on walkabout. Mr. DoubleUp was not in...

I've been working on this fire pit for a couple of years now, or to be more precise, my friend Jared has been doing the work on my fire...

The Union County Master Gardeners came to the farm for a field trip. I was not sure what to expect exactly, but it sounded like fun when...