Lynetta Carnes:  

Arrived back here end of October, 2009 - Just in time for winter. Loving my return to MI and combining my love of food and compulsive cooking with farming - my farm is named "Forgotten Flavors Farm" and that says it all. Raised 50 chicks and 50 guinea fowl summer of 2011 as my trial batches, hope to raise 400 of each this coming summer (2012) plus 2-3 pigs, which will be finished on apples. Following permaculture and soil biology/nurturing practices, restoring health to the soil here. Unexpectedly had a small apple crop last fall - unexpected because they stopped bearing some years before I bought the place and, according to the extension, I'm doing everything wrong. I rely on compost teas plus raw milk and mineral sprays to improve the health of the soil, no herbicides/pesticides/fungicides. If the biological cycle flows as expected, will have lots of apples but not yet good eating quality this coming summer - but the pigs will make good use of them before I send the oinkers off to "Freezer Camp...Expand for more