We said goodbye to Rochester on Saturday. After months of planning and preparing, the day finally came when Tom and I (Casey) moved down to the Hust Roost. It felt weird driving down and knowing that we weren’t driving back up, and it feels even weirder this morning as I am always back in Rochester […]
The weather is starting to heat up, and so are the happenings at the Hust Roost. Here is what we have been up to/will be up to in the immediate future: 1) In less than 4 weeks, the young couples (Casey and Rachel, Tom and Hannah) will be moving down! We have been moving stuff
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Whenever somebody finds out that I am tapping trees or making maple syrup, their first comment somehow involves the incredible amount of work it takes. More knowledgeable people will mention that it takes an incredible amount of sap to make just a small amount of syrup. I smile and nod. What they are saying is
We have discussed before how it our main goal to follow God in all that we do. We have also discussed how we want to aid and benefit the community as much as possible. These two goals are still very much in the picture, and today I am going paint the future picture of the
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Right now it is 15 degrees outside, and we have gotten about a foot of snow in the last twenty-four hours, so I thought I would try to think of the hope that Spring brings. More importantly, I thought I would reflect on how Spring is actually sneaking up on us pretty quickly! Even typing
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My father has always been a list maker. Whether it was packing stuff to go on vacation, things to do, or a very detailed budget, he had a list. As you can imagine, we have quite the series of lists for the farm. Every enterprise has a list. Every month until July has a list,
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Winter has come and that makes it a bit harder to do most of the outside activities and work we want to do. We still go outside to do the necessities such as feeding and watering the chickens, gathering the eggs, loading up the outdoor wood furnace (which is awesome by the way!), and shoveling,
Photo Courtesy of Brent Moore Let’s talk about rabbits. Not bugs bunny. Not those furry pets that people say are adorable but don’t ever really do much (I apologize to any pet bunny enthusiasts, but cats beat bunnies for me, and dogs beat them both in my heart). I want to talk about farm rabbits
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It has occurred to me that I have been describing some of the things we plan to try in the future, but I have not really hit upon who we are. Most everyone that has read this blog knows one of the founders of the Hust Roost, and most know a couple of the founders,
As work and planning continue to go into making the Hust Roost a functioning farm, all of us involved have felt the need to identify the ultimate goal of our venture. While we very much enjoy what we are doing thus far and planning on doing in the future, we know that if we did
