The pasture is turning brown early this year. Almost a full month before normal, the green grasses now look like this: The pasture still has length--just not color! There is one section of grass left for the cows. This remaining section is close to the creek … [Read more...]
Chicken Butchering 2015
It was a long day, full of good, honest hard work. Using the Stevens County mobile poultry processing trailer, we dispatched 156 birds. We started the season with 206, so we lost more than normal, with a 50 bird loss. Ideally, we like to lose 10% or less, but the … [Read more...]
Happy Independence Day!
I hope you have a wonderful 4th of July! I'm thankful for our freedoms, and was reminded this morning just how blessed we are. Bryan spent a couple hours in the tractor knocking down the barley hay with the swather. I'm thankful that we get to keep the hay. We … [Read more...]
Once a Day Milking…2015
My plan way back in March was to immediately milk all but one cow once a day. You know what they say about plans... When I went to get Epi for the afternoon milking that first day, I notice Annie was dripping milk. I couldn't leave her like that, so I brought her into the barn … [Read more...]
Baby Bunnies!
My goal to raise meat rabbits has been a long time coming. Oh--we bought the bunnies. Five of them have been on the farm since last fall. But, you know that saying, "breed like rabbits..." Yeah--we had trouble turning that into reality. We had one litter over the winter, but … [Read more...]
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