New name, same farm...and the fair

When we started this blog, we were trying to decide what to call our farm.  We often refer to our dogs as 'salty dogs' after they go swimming in our salty river (all the time!) so we settled on the Salty Dog Farm.  I set out to start the blog and found that there was another Salty Dog Farm....and they were in Maine!  I noticed that they hadn't posted anything in a while, and so we decided to stick with the name anyway.  I did know that just because they weren't blogging didn't mean they weren't still farming -- I just figured our paths wouldn't cross.

Well -- this weekend was the Maine Organic Farm and Garden Association Common Ground Country Fair.  This event is HUGE -- about 20,000 people visit each day, and it lasts for 3 days.

When we were looking through the program ahead of time to figure out what talks to go see, we noticed....Salty Dog Farm.  They were at the farmer's market at the fair.  So, we're changing our tune.

We are now Reachwood Farm.  Really, it should have been this way from the start.  The land we're living on is called Reachwood Forest so it seems fitting we should be Reachwood Farm.  We are new to the farming thing, and we don't want to ruffle any feathers along the way.

With regard to the fair -- whoa.  It was so nice to visit the fair with a new focus on things.  We talked to experienced beekeepers, root cellar builders, farmers, and many more folks that have information to pass along and share.  I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I'm really looking forward to winter.  We have one season under our belts, we have learned a TON, and we have so many plans that we want to research and flesh out over the winter.  We've already started our winter projects list, and it is way more than we can possibly do in the winter, but at least we won't get bored. :)

A momentous occasion

We've been working with our chainsaws for some time now, and we've been trying to accomplish the drop start since day 1.

This happened today. These videos speak for themselves. :)

Our badass ranking just went up a couple levels.

PS -- could my wife be cuter in her suspenders!??! :)