Dan and I have done this many times before. Driven to a farm with a little red pick up truck with hay in the back and come home with two to six piglets in the back. In fact we have done it so much and are so comfortable with the ins and outs that dan’s…
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tapping maples
The sunny days and cold nights mean that it’s time to start gathering maple sap. Today Cia, Isaac and Kate set about doing that with sap buckets that we got at an auction years ago and taps borrowed from our farmer friend Karen. More on this topic as we get into the process. Lucia, Isaac…
still grazing
After a very mild first 2 weeks of winter we are finally experiencing some cold weather. Not quite below zero yet, but we normally have a few of these single digit nights followed by teens during the day throughout November. It really is nice to feel like its ok to stay inside for at least…
midnight rodeo
So I am sitting here in the darkness…It is 11:19PM December 7th our first true snow of the winter. I had to stay here because Lucia and Isaac are asleep upstairs…Dan had to go out to herd some cows back to their fence enclosure. I have no idea how he did it..or if he did…
midnight rodeo
So I am sitting here in the darkness…It is 11:19PM December 7th our first true snow of the winter. I had to stay here because Lucia and Isaac are asleep upstairs…Dan had to go out to herd some cows back to their fence enclosure. I have no idea how he did it..or if he did…
Fall on it’s way
The weather has taken a turn this week….I can smell September in the air. All of you headed to the farm for a stay in the next month should bring along a cozy sweater and some woolly socks. If you are coming towards the end of the month, long johns or some under-layer for the…
4th beltie calf has finally arrived
Here he is. Another bull calf. It just means that we’ll have a lot of beef in about two years. The final count this year: 5 bulls and a heifer (4 original beltie calves plus Sierra and Abby who each had a bull) We’ve now got 4 heifers to be bred from previous years. One…
Say hello to Abby’s calf.
This big beautiful boy was born yesterday afternoon. Today we milked Abby a bit with her tied to a stanchion. She wasn’t too happy about it, but not as freaked out as Sierra is at first. Find pictures of baby and mamma below. Including one of Abby eating her placenta. (yes, they do that)
making hay when the sun shines
Hey everyone. Some how I didn’t post this the day I wrote it – and here it is almost three weeks later!! In themean time a lot of other stuff has happened. We’ve made even more hay since then amidst some rainy adversity. Nevertheless this is a good little bit of reading. ———————————————————————————————— So we…
