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Rebecca Bell Black

Roy doing some Old-Wolrld Style Haying in Sonoma County, California

Old-World Style Haying

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Roy and farm-hand Zeb put up hay by hand this year. This required mowing, raking, and stacking the hay in the fields. Although last year Roy cut all our hay with a hand scythe, this year we advanced to a tractor-powered 1950’s sickle-bar mower. This allows much, much faster cutting…

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Moving Mary

Moving Mary

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We are continuing the process of downsizing our production in order to accomplish some of our goals, such as building an agritourism vacation rental to generate income, and to build ourselves a place to live so we can stop paying rent.  As part of this plan, we have leased out…

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