As promised, I am committed to writing more this year. Our blog link is an excellent tool for me to share the goings-on here at Athol Orchards, pictures, and we even plan to start producing some fun HD videos that we will begin sharing on our new Youtube channel. There...

Years ago when Erreck and I would talk about establishing a farm, we always knew we wanted livestock - namely the portly, hungry, hearty variety. In everything we do, if we plan on taking on the responsibility of animals, they in turn have to provide something valuable...

Over the years through Autumns past, a prevalent symbol has always existed that signals a particular feeling or frame of mind for anyone who cherishes this particular time of year. A return to the more simpler and slower-paced times, for me, a time when more were aware...

This notion of becoming a "farmer" isn't something that came to me over night. I, along with my four other siblings grew up in an amazing place, in the foothills below the Sequoia National Forest in California. We had ten acres where we could literally run wild. I can'...