A February Day in the Life of Farmer Leon

Every minute of the day is accounted for on Full Circle Family Farm, Black Mountain NC.

Starting with early morning goat milking.  One day the breeding of a couple of the goats took place. This is done every six months so a baby goats arrive at intervals during the year.  The chickens are well fed with corn grown on the farm. 

Then off to clear a few trees off a piece of land. Once the trees are cut he trim off the branches and piles them up, ready for Bio-Char burning on a rainy day. Leon says that it is the best time to burn as the flames will not spread and are easy to be controlled. After an hour's or so work Leon is soaked to the bone and dirty from the soot. It is then put on the old Ranger truck and hauled to the compost area. Preparing the compost needs turning The cut logs are then stacked in different piles, for milling into lumber, for fire wood and for growing shiitake and reishi mushrooms.

The bees are fed sugar water. This keeps them until the weather warms up and they came find flowers.

By the time 6:00pm comes the goat need milking again and the chickens are closed up in their roosting house.

All through the day Leon can find time to talk to any one who walks by or needs advise by phone. No wonder he is ready for bed at 8:00pm!!!!