Quail Run Farm

As we continue to try to build up the fertility of the soil at Quail Run Farm, we are trying to find creative ways to find mulch. Utah is not know for it trees, and that is even more true in the valley Read More ... Our blog has been silent the past few months, mostly the business of putting the farm to bed, getting kids back in school and taking o... n some new adventures occupied our time. We have also been much occupied, musing over the direction we Read More ... We have mentioned before Quail Run Farm at one time was home to a den of badger. A couple years back, we found a badger den on the property. It was a ways away from the house, and in an area that was Read More ... Autumn or Fall as some people refer to it is one of my favorite times of the year. To me it is like the Earth taking in a deep breath just before a long slumber. Even in a person most times indifferent to Read More ... This is one of the views you get when you travel the roads that lead to our little piece of heaven. To get to our farm, you have to drive on a gravel road. Being isolated like that gives has advantages and disadvantages. Read More ... As a lot of people know, I like to study the writings and documents that were created by the US Founding Fathers. I find their insight refreshing, and their forward thinking an inspiration. This is not a political post in nature, but a post of some good advice that Thomas Jefferson has given. These are some [] Read More ... I almost always plant a lot of green beans, they seems to grow well under any circumstance, and it seemed like this season it would be the same. Except it isnt. Everything seemed to start off well, the beans popped right up and got big and strong at first, then they stalled a bit, and [] Read More ... Red Clover is another one of my favorite medicinal, nourishing herbs that I use on a regular basis, not only for the human body, but for the land. We have red cover planted in a few places here on the farm, in our back yard among the grasses and in the orchard meadow, we do [] ...Read More