Author Archives: Pretty Bird Farm

About Pretty Bird Farm

Pretty Bird Farm is a small family farm located in Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, NJ. We live our lives and manage our farm as organically as possible. Our chickens eat organic feed and only the best kitchen and garden refuse. Our veggies and flowers are also raised organically, pesticide free, fertilized with organic fertilizer.

Mother’s Day 2021

This evening, we went for what was initially a damp walk into our woods. By the time we made it back to the house we found ourselves in a dreching and cold, yet refreshing downpour. Upon our entering our woods, … Continue reading

Leave a comment

May 3rd, 2021

Autumn olive. When traveling north on 519 above our farm, it is easy to overlook the waves of autumn olives dancing from side to side throughout the hay fields. If you know what you are looking at out in the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

May 1st, 2021

Hyssop. I know two things about hyssop – we have it planted in the third bed from center in the middle garden and the aromatics of this unassuming perennial remind of the northern Rhone Valley; most notably the unparalled interpretation … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

April 30th, 2021

It has been some time since I have written for our website. My wife Tiffany works tirelessly to keep you all updated via Instagram. So, I figured that it is time for me to get back to work via the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Garden Conservancy Open Days at Pretty Bird Farm June 15th Recap

Pretty Bird Farm is participating in The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program two Saturdays this year.  We opened June 15th earlier this summer and I wrote a blog about it about a month ago, and here it is.  As I look at … Continue reading

Posted in Garden | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Canning Tomato Sauce at Pretty Bird Farm

Hey! It has been too long since we have updated the blog, but we are still here! We have been living life instead of writing about it! We are still growing the farm, still growing our little Violet and we … Continue reading

Posted in In the Kitchen | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Secret Garden Birthday Party

A Secret Garden Birthday Party If you’ve been following along on Instagram or Facebook, you know our little Violet just turned 1! The last year has been the fastest one of our lives, packed full of learning new skill sets … Continue reading

Posted in Garden, violet | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sunday Flurries

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Let’s be honest, it’s been looking a lot like Christmas at Pretty Bird Farm since the week before Thanksgiving!  I took three days off work in November to make garland, decorate our … Continue reading

Posted in Garden, Uncategorized, violet | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Holy Moly!

A Mole Sauce Recipe What an election this has been.  This post isn’t about politics though, there is enough read about that right now.  This blog post is about the delightful mole sauce we made to upgrade our Taco Tuesday … Continue reading

Posted in In the Kitchen | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment