Early May update
Amanda was inducted into National Junior Honor Society. Amanda got to hunt turkey with me for youth hunting in April. We got to see some birds but she wasn’t successful at taking one. Turkey season is always when things get…
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2012 review, 2013 plans
First, Thank You to everyone who supported Sawyer Family Farm in 2012! Last year was marked by significant growth and trying new things on the farm and we learned a lot. When we started our farm, it was with the…
Turkey update
The turkeys are now about 2.5 months old and have been moved onto pasture. We are planning to keep them on grass with and grain until ready for harvest just before Thanksgiving. Based on advice from others, we kept them…
Heritage Turkeys have arrived!
Since we are on the kick of raising our own food anyways, why not raise turkeys too? We placed an order back in February from another local farm that keeps Narragansett and Blue Slate hens with a Narragansett tom. As…