Trying to Beat the Heat

Trying to Beat the Heat

With temperatures still hovering just below 100 today we are on full alert against heat stroke for man and beast. Part B of my fun chick hatching experiment is in full swing; now that I successfully hatched 22 cute little baby chicks in my new handy dandy incubator. ...
A Season to Which We Gladly Say Good-bye

A Season to Which We Gladly Say Good-bye

Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining about the winter this year in the slightest. In fact we have SO MUCH to be thankful for! Despite two snow storms that dumped 23 inches of the white stuff on the farm within a week we are all completely unscathed.   Our...
A Snowy Morning on the Farm

A Snowy Morning on the Farm

Well, it’s obvious that winter isn’t done with us yet. As I write this the snow is falling as soft as duck down and it looks like we have close to a foot accumulated already.  Poor St. Francis is in the garden bed as calmly and peacefully as ever being swallowed up by...
Guarding the Hen House

Guarding the Hen House

In our 20 years of raising chickens for eggs we have struggled to learn all there is to know about raising the healthiest eggs for our customers. We use only heritage breeds, we feed only organically grown, non soy, non GMO feed, we know what makes them happy and what...
A Lesson in Cow Watching

A Lesson in Cow Watching

Here is a picture of a cow, beautiful, healthy, and perfect in every way. To the trained eye of a cow watcher, this is a cow with a secret.  Her posture is saying, “There’s nothing here to see, just me in Narnia, minding my own business,” but I’ve seen that look too...