Posted by Leif Riddervold on August 18th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
To test your knowledge of Bundoran Farm, we came up with this short quiz. Pick the statement about Bundoran Farm that is Not True! 1: Lake Inferior is a good fishing hole. 2: Cacti grow wild in the forests of Bundoran Farm. 3: Snakehead fish have been caught in Lake Scogo. 4: A Lockheed C-130 [...]
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Posted by ppeery on August 18th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, General, Green Building, Project Updates
One of the underlying goals of Bundoran Farm is to preserve the character and use of this legacy Charlottesville property. Extraordinary measures were taken in locating homesites and roads so they worked with and blended into the landscape. In addition having the roads “lay lightly” on the land within the boundaries of Bundoran Farm, we [...]
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Posted by ppeery on August 13th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, Nature/Environment
The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo – Coccyzus americanus More than one resident of Bundoran Farm has noted the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo recently. They have been calling their hollow wooden calls ka-ka-ka-ka-kow-kow-kow-kow-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp from many sites in the forests or the forest edge. This secretive bird has an unusual breeding pattern, with breeding correlated with an abundant food supply and [...]
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Posted by ppeery on August 11th, 2010 in Agriculture, Education and Inspiration, General
As a kid growing up, I spent my most memorable summers on my Grandparent’s farm just outside of Burlington, IA. In addition to weeding the bean fields with my Grandpa or driving the old Ford tractor around the farm by myself, one on the highlights was gathering a couple of eggs from my Grandma’s hen [...]