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Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm

I"m a farmer, thinker, and writer. I can"t seem to help myself. It"s what I do, who I am, and what I love. clatterridgefarm.substack.com

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Dancing with Bees

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/08/15

When a forager honeybee returns to the hive, she is unpacked by worker bees. The enthusiasm displayed when she is greeted and the speed with which she is unpacked gives the forager feedback as to the desirability of whatever it is she found. If she is enthusiastically received, she will likely go back to the exact same spot and return with more. If the reception is lukewarm, she might look for something else.Once unpacked the forager will proceed to the “dance floor” to perform a dance that

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2:18

A Chorus of Crickets

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/08/10

Male tree crickets are responsible for the nighttime trilling we hear in late August. By rubbing their wings together, like a finger dragged across the top of a plastic comb, they create the relentless buzzing which makes you think your tinnitus has suddenly gotten much worse. In reality, it’s the sound of hundreds of insects looking for a mate, and it’s the sound of summer nearing its end.Because crickets are cold blooded, the ambient temperature affects the speed with which they move - including

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3:12

Chimney Swifts

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/08/08

After my first encounter with a chimney swift, I googled “what in God’s name is living in my chimney and how do I get rid of it?”It was the beginning of Covid, and we had too many dogs, too many humans, and too many bottle-fed lambs living in our house.It felt like we were stuck together in an overcrowded lifeboat stranded on the open sea. We were all doing our best to ride out the storm, and not get on each other’s nerves in the process. The last thing any of us needed was a chimney full of

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3:43

Artificially Intelligent

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/08/03

A.I. has been in the news and on the minds of many people lately, and clearly, for better and for worse, a new day has dawned. To most people “A.I.” means artificial intelligence and brings to mind super computers, robotic humans and a futuristic dystopia. To many pig farmers though, A.I. stands for artificial insemination and brings to mind very different images.(Feel free to stop listening now because this only gets worse from here.)At various times in the past, I considered AI for our pigs -

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1:22

Father Joe

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/08/01

This rain has been heavenly! It's revived the pastures and replenished the watershed, out of which our little stream flows.The pigs again have mud to wallow in, and since, contrary to the old adage - pigs really cannot sweat, they need the mud to stay cool. The chickens are thrilled (in their own chickeny kind of way) with all the insects that flourish after a good soaking rain. Ants, worms and beetles come out above ground, where they are "easy pickings" for the foraging hens. The sheep, have new

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2:21

Bluebirds

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/07/27

Two bluebirds are nesting in a bluebird box outside our dining room window. We might as well set a place for them at the table, as we spend much of our evening meal discussing their comings and goings. After a day spent taking care of our animals, it’s oddly relaxing to watch another pair so diligently provide for their own.We watched as the male collected twigs for the nest the female was building. He seemed very particular, searching at length for just the right stick – small enough to fit through

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3:42

Happily Irrelevant

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/07/23

Nothing draws people to our farmers’ market booth like a table filled with orange and yellow edible mushrooms. The brightly colored “Chicken of the Woods” fungi stops people in their tracks, and most can’t resist coming up and asking what it is. Some want to know “How do I know it’s not poisonous?” I explain that killing our customers is a very poor business model, so we only sell items we are quite sure are okay. It’s a conversation starter and even if I can’t convince them that not all mushrooms

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2:03

Fence Works!

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/07/20

Whenever one of our pigs touches the electric fence, and lets out an impressive heart rendering squeal, Anne and I, in perfect unison, cheerfully proclaim “fence works!”.Our friends look at us in horror, and I guess it probably does seem a bit callous, but anyone who has spent an afternoon trying to retrieve a wayward pig understands our enthusiasm. A little zap on the nose seems like a very small price to pay, to remind the little wanderers which side of the fence is theirs.Pigs, in general, are

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2:51

Barnyard Graffiti

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/07/18

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A Brood of Her Own

Story Time at Clatter Ridge Farm ·

2025/07/13

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