Jay Mirro
March Tree Planting
March is an interesting time of year. Sometimes it is cold and feels like winter. Sometimes it warm and feels like spring. Days are...
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Farm Life
The Mirro Family moved to Soggy Bottom in 2012.
Jay Mirro
- Nov 16, 2022
- 5 min
Cutting Down Trees
The age-old question has always been when and if you should cut down a tree. That is the dilemma that I am facing this fall. At Soggy...
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Ken Campbell
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
Jays and Bobcats
We see many birds at SoggyBottom farm. I have been noting all the different species sighted over the 1.5 years that we have been in...
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Jay Mirro
- Oct 22, 2022
- 3 min
King Conservation District Field Day 2022
The crisp September air welcomed the staff of the King Conservation District to Soggy Bottom Farm. We opened the farm for a Staff field...
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Ken Campbell
- Aug 24, 2022
- 4 min
End of Summer
It is the end of August and we, at SoggyBottom Farm, are in the doldrums of late summer. It is a time of a slow, relaxed slide from the...
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Ken Campbell
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
The Mink
17 July 2022 – 10:15 am As Jean and I left the apartment for a mid-morning walk, we encountered a commotion among the chickens in front...
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Ken Campbell
- Aug 2, 2022
- 6 min
Blog Photography
We have attempted to supplement the written narrative in all the blog posts that have appeared on this site with a meaningful photograph....
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Ken Campbell
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Trail Camera
Our wildlife observations at Soggy Bottom Farm are enhanced through the use of trail cameras. A few likely locations have been...
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Ken Campbell
- Jul 12, 2022
- 4 min
Micro-habitat
Soggy Bottom Farm possesses a plethora of habitats: open meadows, dense forest, creek-side riparian areas, alder/willow marsh, overgrown...
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Ken Campbell
- Jul 8, 2022
- 4 min
Swallows
Lead photos - Swallows flying freely over the pasture pose a difficult challenge to a photographer. Getting the bird in the field of...
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Ken Campbell
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
Apex Predator
In addition to eagles, we often see ospreys in the air above the farm. In most cases, the osprey is high up either passing by or...
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Ken Campbell
- Jun 2, 2022
- 5 min
Perching Snag
An old cottonwood tree next to the creek died some years ago. It was in the slow process of decay when a wind storm blew its top off...
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Ken Campbell
- May 23, 2022
- 4 min
Trees
above: Western red cedar planted under alder. At Soggy bottom Farm, we often pass a book around that is to be reviewed when those who are...
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Ken Campbell
- May 12, 2022
- 4 min
Courting Behaviors of Disparate Birds
When the pigs come to the farm in late winter as newly weaned piglets, Jay puts them in a special nursery stall in the barn where they...
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Ken Campbell
- May 3, 2022
- 6 min
Parables from Farm Animal Stories
A parable is a story that conveys a lesson, usually a moral lesson. A vignette is a short descriptive literary sketch. I write...
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Ken Campbell
- Apr 8, 2022
- 8 min
Balanced Animal Populations
Here on the farm, we wrestle with the proper approach for dealing with our resident predators. Specifically, the local coyotes. After...
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Ken Campbell
- Apr 1, 2022
- 2 min
Spring Time
It is the end of March. The first trillium of the spring has just bloomed at the edge of a clearing in the Soggybottom forest. Not far...
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Ken Campbell
- Mar 10, 2022
- 3 min
Small Mammals
9 March 2022 Earlier this week, I was taking video of a coyote in the hayfield when the coyote suddenly made a jump and pounced with her...
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Ken Campbell
- Mar 4, 2022
- 4 min
Continuing Story
20 February 2022 Earlier in this blog, I posted what I called “A Little Story” about a Sharp-shinned hawk hunting a Towhee in the twiggy...
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Ken Campbell
- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
Braking Momentum
A Trumpeter Swan is a very large bird; even larger than an eagle. Like an airplane, such a big bird needs to be in motion to be in the...
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