Take a tour of Two Pigs Farm

Mountain farms are famous for their rocky, clay-like soil and ours is no exception. We do have some bottomland near the brook that isn't half bad and use it mostly for grazing. We try to grow most of our own food and hope, in time, to use nothing more than horsepower to get things done. Here is a quick tour of the farm.

Life on the Farm

The old saying, "There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a boy," says it all. I would extend the same restorative properties to shoveling manure, closing in the chickens at night, feeding the beefers, tending to the bees...Read More

Beekeeping

I started beekeeping about a dozen years ago. My wife, Adrienne, gave me two hives that I had to transport in the back of a minivan to our farm. Yes, some of the bees did get out during the drive but I was no worse for wear. There is a lot to learn about beekeeping...Read More

Farming and Gardening

I hesitate to use the term "farming" since any real farmer would laugh at our small, amateur operation. This is a "gentleman's" farm, to put in nicely, but we enjoy the work and the food. Mike, who lives just down the road, handles things for us when we are not there...Read More

Our Town

Our town has only a few hundred inhabitants but has lots of open land. I can still get on a horse and ride up into the mountains for hours on end without seeing a house or another human being. It is one of the most rural counties in the state...Read More

Our Town in History

Our town was incorporated in the late 1700's and used to be full of people. It had seven school districts and quite a few churches and cemeteries. There were mills, factories made chair backs and brush backs, Herd had a large country store just below the Methodist Church...Read More

Sugaring

Our main occupation on Two Pigs Farm is sugaring. We have over 1,000 taps, storage tanks, pumps, an RO machine (reverse osmosis), and a large "arch" or evaporator. We hope to make about 400 gallons...Read More