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With 60 acres of tillable ground producing fruits and vegetables for hundreds of households, as well as providing pasture for cows, pigs, sheep, goats, ducks, turkeys, chickens, and laying hens the Moore Family Farm is a busy place any time of year. Whether outdoors or in the greenhouses, something is being planted or sown nearly every month. Winter and early spring find the Moores helping the animals have their young and transitioning the new families onto pasture. Spring, summer, and fall find them moving animals to fresh pasture, some daily. Because of the farm's size and its sandy soil, it's often hard to tell whether it's 1944 or 2004 on the farm. Smaller tractors and home-made implements are the tools of choice for the Moores, but inevitably there is a lot of hand labor. Potatoes and onions must still be collected manually. And, plants are hand-transplanted by the tens of thousands behind the tractor (above) throughout the spring and summer. May
2005 : Winter
2005 : Summer
2004 Photos: Spring
2003 Photos: Fall
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