Farmstead Scattering Garden

04/14/2026

Calf watch today! We have two mommas we are watching, and one was in labor this morning when John went to check this morning. I will try to post a photo later!

Calving season at Farmstead Scattering Garden is always fun!

04/08/2026

Pretty morning at Farmstead Scattering Garden! Frosty for sure. The shrub I am most looking forward to is our new Korean Spice Viburnum…..it has THE best fragrance when blooming.

04/08/2026

We had a beautiful day Saturday and some nice sunrises over the weekend. It was back to snow today, but it thankfully melted off by mid-day.

The first wildflowers to bloom is skunk cabbage…I think I posted that earlier this spring. Second come the crocuses—-it croci. Next come these little pink petal flowers that cover the forest floor.

04/03/2026

During calving season, we always drive back the lane to check on something or another. All quiet in the pen tonight, but what a beautiful evening!

03/26/2026

Beautiful sunrise at Farmstead Scattering Garden today! It is going to be a good day with a sunrise like this!

03/24/2026

I have taken a bunch of photos over the past week, but somehow haven't actually posted them. So here is a rundown of Farmstead photos, and the general story is the weather hasn't been able to decide if it wants to be spring or summer, so we always have multiple layers. Last weekend, John and I left the kids in charge of the farm, and we drove to the eastern side of the state to pick up a gate that has been on our list of things to do for a couple of years. We zigzagged there and back, appreciating Pennsylvania and all it has to offer, plus a few tractor dealerships. We got back home close to midnight and found our first calf of the season snuggled in and doing well.

03/14/2026

We had some CRAZY winds at Farmstead Scattering Garden last night. All good, but how bad was it? Bad enough, it busted apart the bottom of a slider barn door AND the block we put in front of it for high wind days. Yikes!

03/13/2026

I ran outside to catch a brilliant sunrise this morning and also saw the first emergence of our crocuses!

Happy Friday from Farmstead Scattering Garden!

03/09/2026

Today was nice enough to practice walking our son’s pig!

03/09/2026

This weekend, we saw the last of the snow melting off, though you can still see the snow on our local ski hill in the background. As we welcome spring, the sounds change. We heard peeper frogs last week, and the birds are getting louder, which is always nice to see. Here are a few photos from last week.

The skunk cabbage started to emerge this weekend, which is usually the first thing to sprout. Considered a wildflower, the skunk cabbage is not exactly the wildflower we look for here. We do have the first of our spring calves due at the end of this month. The peeper frogs are in full song, and the birds are all returning. Lots of things to look forward to at the change of every season!

03/01/2026

Winter threw a small temper tantrum yesterday, but it is expected to be in the 50’s by Wednesday, so this is short lived. It was still a pretty morning at Farmstead Scattering Garden! Once the ground dries up, we are looking forward to getting rid of the tree we took down this winter, and we will move the stump to our upper wildflower patch.

02/26/2026

Ooh- this is good news. Hummingbirds always fascinated my mother-in-law which then transferred to everyone in the Bridger family. Welcome back soon to the Hummingbirds!

The first hummingbird sightings are in along the Gulf coast. Get those hummingbird feeders out!