Apr 11, 2023·edited Apr 12, 2023Liked by Robert W Malone MD, MS
I’ve typically been a negative type person lately. I think for the first time in a long time Good Friday and Easter made me think of things a little more deeply. Spring is the time when the world starts to come alive after a long frozen winter. Nature seems to have a mind of its own. As cruel and as greedy man can be, the earth pays him no attention. She tips back on her axis and the land starts to warm. Perennials start to show in the beds around my house and soon leaves will be popping on the trees, at least we’re I live. (You may be ahead of me). I hope this spring gives us a new strength to fight on. I heard a song today by those famous wordsmiths called Landslide. There’s a line in the song that says I climbed a mountain and I turned around. I hope that we don’t turn around but that we all move forward and continue the struggle to stay free. Happy SPRING everyone!!! J.Goodrich
Hey neighbor! I'm just a short hop away from Madison, in Fluvanna. We just expanded our little flock of fluffy butts, looking forward to lots more eggs by mid to late summer. Thanks for sharing pics of your farm!
You're living like our over-educated family does 50 miles south of Silicon Valley. There's an epic sweetness to interacting with farm animals (sheep, goats, chickens for us) and the fruit trees.
Late in life, I learned the joy, peace, and sublime exercise of turning tree cutting into firewood, using only a chainsaw for the biggest cuts, otherwise just hand tools for the rest. This work keeps my body fit and mind clear.
Meanwhile, for my business, I take the train up to SF to meet with my startup clients. This work keeps my mind fit and sharp.
Have you found the guinea carcass, or did they just dissappear? I ask because this very same thing happened to us and after 2.5-3 months our missing guinea came back?
In a couple weeks we'll have four more pigs. Mangalitsa/Berkshire cross to see what type of trade-offs there are between meat quality and growing speed as the Mangalitsa are slow growing.
Every year I evolve my growing styles and methods. For example I use cannabis to help control my seizures so I grow it myself through a method called 'manifolding'. This allows me to turn a plant with normally one main stock into a plant with 8 or 16 or 32 stocks..... the sky is the limit. I achieve 6 to 8 times the flower in the end.
In two weeks I will start the process of my first espalier apple tree.
I have the seeds from a 1964 pound Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin to start in May. Cross my fingers I'm going for a record. I'm hoping starting with genetics like this will help my chances.
Love Spring. Such a wonderful time to be alive. Pleased you surround yourself with all that life. I hope the Guinea fowl do not hang out very close to your sleeping quarters.
Sounds like our hobby farm. We are south of you in the Blue Ridge. Hayesville NC. I know you’re area is beautiful. I went to college in Buena Vista, VA and my parents bought me a horse at what used to be Shenandoah Farms, right in your area. I showed hunters and fox hunted while in college there at Rockbridge Hunt Club outside of Lexington (VA). So your writings hit old home week with me. Have a lovely spring!
Robert, we have so much in common, lol (except you are far smarter!). My wife has been nagging me to get chickens ever since we moved to NC in late 2019. During the "lockdown" of 2020, I planted 40 fruit trees (and have added about 8 more since), and a 3,000 sf vegetable garden. We have 3 dogs (2 German Shepherds and 1 Black Lab), and 2 cats (great mousers!). Our Redbuds are very nice, along with blooming fruit trees, surrounded by a 1-acre koi pond/flower garden area (now full of blooming Iris, Clematis and a few others coming along). Spring does bring some beauty and hope, and I hope you and Jill can take a breather and enjoy the season. God Bless!
Wonderful!! So wonderful! Thanks for sharing all that...
I grew up in Virginia...Winchester area, visiting Middleburg quite a bit...thought that is about where your farm was since they are so "horse focused" down there...Loudon County is not all that near Madison! But any of the rural parts of Virginia are beautiful...
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Happy Spring, Drs. Malone!
Thank you 🙏 for sharing your
beautiful farm with us city folk.
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I’ve typically been a negative type person lately. I think for the first time in a long time Good Friday and Easter made me think of things a little more deeply. Spring is the time when the world starts to come alive after a long frozen winter. Nature seems to have a mind of its own. As cruel and as greedy man can be, the earth pays him no attention. She tips back on her axis and the land starts to warm. Perennials start to show in the beds around my house and soon leaves will be popping on the trees, at least we’re I live. (You may be ahead of me). I hope this spring gives us a new strength to fight on. I heard a song today by those famous wordsmiths called Landslide. There’s a line in the song that says I climbed a mountain and I turned around. I hope that we don’t turn around but that we all move forward and continue the struggle to stay free. Happy SPRING everyone!!! J.Goodrich
Eternal hope springs when new life is on the farm. Emu's make one smile!
THANK YOU for the refreshing and delightful insights and updates!
Hey neighbor! I'm just a short hop away from Madison, in Fluvanna. We just expanded our little flock of fluffy butts, looking forward to lots more eggs by mid to late summer. Thanks for sharing pics of your farm!
Spring is the best time of the year, and it's finally here!!!
Thank you for sharing! The pictures are beautiful.
You're living like our over-educated family does 50 miles south of Silicon Valley. There's an epic sweetness to interacting with farm animals (sheep, goats, chickens for us) and the fruit trees.
Late in life, I learned the joy, peace, and sublime exercise of turning tree cutting into firewood, using only a chainsaw for the biggest cuts, otherwise just hand tools for the rest. This work keeps my body fit and mind clear.
Meanwhile, for my business, I take the train up to SF to meet with my startup clients. This work keeps my mind fit and sharp.
Your place is beautiful!
Have you found the guinea carcass, or did they just dissappear? I ask because this very same thing happened to us and after 2.5-3 months our missing guinea came back?
In a couple weeks we'll have four more pigs. Mangalitsa/Berkshire cross to see what type of trade-offs there are between meat quality and growing speed as the Mangalitsa are slow growing.
Every year I evolve my growing styles and methods. For example I use cannabis to help control my seizures so I grow it myself through a method called 'manifolding'. This allows me to turn a plant with normally one main stock into a plant with 8 or 16 or 32 stocks..... the sky is the limit. I achieve 6 to 8 times the flower in the end.
In two weeks I will start the process of my first espalier apple tree.
I have the seeds from a 1964 pound Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin to start in May. Cross my fingers I'm going for a record. I'm hoping starting with genetics like this will help my chances.
Thank you for a respite from the world outside - and beautiful blooming photos!
Love Spring. Such a wonderful time to be alive. Pleased you surround yourself with all that life. I hope the Guinea fowl do not hang out very close to your sleeping quarters.
I fully agree, Dr. Malone, there's no place like home in Madison County. God bless you sir. Keep fighting the good fight.
Sounds like our hobby farm. We are south of you in the Blue Ridge. Hayesville NC. I know you’re area is beautiful. I went to college in Buena Vista, VA and my parents bought me a horse at what used to be Shenandoah Farms, right in your area. I showed hunters and fox hunted while in college there at Rockbridge Hunt Club outside of Lexington (VA). So your writings hit old home week with me. Have a lovely spring!
Robert, we have so much in common, lol (except you are far smarter!). My wife has been nagging me to get chickens ever since we moved to NC in late 2019. During the "lockdown" of 2020, I planted 40 fruit trees (and have added about 8 more since), and a 3,000 sf vegetable garden. We have 3 dogs (2 German Shepherds and 1 Black Lab), and 2 cats (great mousers!). Our Redbuds are very nice, along with blooming fruit trees, surrounded by a 1-acre koi pond/flower garden area (now full of blooming Iris, Clematis and a few others coming along). Spring does bring some beauty and hope, and I hope you and Jill can take a breather and enjoy the season. God Bless!
This edition of Dr. Malone's Substack brings a smile to my face and warmth to my heart! Thanks for sharing, Dr. Malone!
Wonderful!! So wonderful! Thanks for sharing all that...
I grew up in Virginia...Winchester area, visiting Middleburg quite a bit...thought that is about where your farm was since they are so "horse focused" down there...Loudon County is not all that near Madison! But any of the rural parts of Virginia are beautiful...