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Farm Happenings at Hawkins Family Farm
Cute pigs and FRIDAY delivery!
It's a busy day on the farm! (Aren't they all?) The butcher crew is wrapping up the processing of this week's batch of chickens and I'm running around the garden moving irrigation to keep the plants watered now that the hot weather has arrived. So, no lengthy update this week. Just a cute photo of1 read more »
Rolling the Rye
Though the calendar tells us summer has officially arrived, on the farm we’re already thinking about autumn and winter as we make preparations for late season crops. This week I prepared our winter squash patch by terminating a standing crop of cereal rye with a tool called a roller crimper.1 read more »
Chicken!
About a month ago we ran out of our stock of frozen chicken, so we have been patiently waiting for our first batch of broilers to grow to butcher weight. Our Freedom Ranger broilers arrive on the farm in the mail as two-day old chicks. They spend three or four weeks in a brooder and then move out t1 read more »
Garlic Scapes
Garlic scapes are one of the pleasures of June on the farm and, over the past few weeks, conversation among the farm crew has often turned to anticipation of their arrival, speculation as to when that might be, and plans for how to eat them. The scape is a tender shoot that grows from the top of ea1 read more »
About the farm
Hawkins Family Farm is a fourth-generation farm in Wabash County, Indiana. We raise grains, livestock, and vegetables in rotation, using the health and wholeness of soils, waters, plants, animals, and people as our standard—whole farm agriculture at the confluence of nature and culture.
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