This artichoke plant survived the winter next to the south side of the house with a cover of dirt and straw. It came back strong and produced 5 heads! More were started from seed this year and transplanted…they’re growing great!
Snow AGAIN… with fowls
February 16, 2010
OK, this will be the last of the snow pictures this winter!! Any more will have to wait until next winter!!!
This is the super snow-blowing machine that we finally had to hire after 3 other trucks got stuck trying to plow.
This is the view out the front door on Wednesday the 10th…after shoveling the front walk and cleaning the car, it snowed over 10 more inches! And then started to blow around!! We decided to stay home…ha.
Welcome to Running Hen Microfarm!
April 3, 2009
We are located outside of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, a small college town on the upper Potomac River in the Eastern Panhandle of the state. Our mini-farm is a work in progress, begun in 2006 when we moved in to our newly built passive solar cottage with geothermal heat pump.
The farm is named after our chickens, who really do run to meet us (when they are hungry)!




















