Sarah and I have time together each day milking. The grandchildren and I spend time each week working with the chickens. Today’s story comes out of all that time together. What goes around comes around. Maybe a year or so ago, someone decided that we needed a calico kitten, and so one appeared unbidden at […]
Manage for what you want, not for what you don’t want
I took a class this week on “Soil Health and Drought-Resilience for 21st Century Farms” at Ploughshare. I took that quote away From Day 1 of the three day class,. Owen Hanblutzel, the instructor, gave the example of US Agriculture that focuses on getting rid of weeds – and now we have weeds that are more […]
Moving Mountains
Normally, I try to arrange for chores to be light on Sunday morning – nothing big like coop moving or cleaning. I had separated our younger heifer and bull into the front pasture by the pond on Saturday because Primrose, our small standard Jersey was about to have her first calf. I had locked her in this small pasture because the […]
Grit, and Water in the Shade
Water in the Shade Salty drops fall like rain from my brow as I bend over to pick up a dead bird from inside the coops we built for the grow out test. “Why are these birds dying?” I thought. This is the fourth bird in two days, and it’s always been in the same area – […]
Recent Evening Farm Tour
Recent Evening Farm Tour The evening Farm Tour we had several weeks ago worked out great. We had around 25 people, including one family from Oklahoma. The weather was comfortable enough to walk around at a leisurely pace. Normally the walking part of the tour takes about an hour. This time, we took almost two hours, […]