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Why farm blogs stall
Quite simply, because life happens! Snow, with the associated extra water hauling and hay throwing… … fencing, always more fencing… … gorgeous days too incredible to waste online… … And the next thing you know, your mom is telling everyone … Continue reading
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Goose Processing Day
In case you get the impression that small farm life is too cute for words, I present goose processing day! Yes, this happened between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I’m just getting it on the blog now. Sorry! It started out … Continue reading
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Fat Geese
I wasn’t sure the fuzzy little goslings were really going to be full-grown by the holidays on just grass. I believe it now! They spend their days wandering through the hay meadows, munching constantly. At night, they ignore their lovely … Continue reading
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When all else fails…
Read the directions! So, we’ve had a *fun* month that nearly included an early trip to processing for our big steer. He decided he didn’t care about the electric fence anymore and was getting out several times a day and … Continue reading
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Blame it on the thunderstorm…
The title is from the Peterson farm brothers’ spoof “Bale”, which I’ve been humming all afternoon while I raked hay. First you cut it, then it has to dry, then you can rake it and store it. (You rake faster … Continue reading
Happy geese
It took a few days, but we confirmed that the geese had bonded so well to the goslings that they weren’t leaving, even to walk to the pond to bathe. Not good. So, we swapped the goslings into the old … Continue reading
Hatch day
Seven eggs, twenty days, and several humdinger storms later and we have this: Then it got out, but I wasn’t sure if I should count it yet, it looked so pathetic. An hour later, it looked much better! And another … Continue reading
Got milk?
He does… And, finally, so do we! Fresh, raw milk. First proper overnight calf separation and 6 am milking was Thursday. I’m rather proud of the milking stanchion. Four posts in concrete, three gates for various cow-handling needs, still have … Continue reading
Front Porch
When we were planning the house, Josh got sticker shock over the porch. “No,” I told him, “my vision of sanity at the end of this involves a porch and a rocking chair, cows in the field, etc. We have … Continue reading
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