Great Deal on Diapers Here
We gave you a tip of what was to come here.  Many of you know about the various shopping adventures Beth has had over the years and you may have noticed that some of her couponing articles have started to disappear from the blog.   Don’t despair, this is by design.
Beth [...]

Your children might be farm kids if you over hear your young sons talking and one says, “Well, my doe is still not accepting service” and your other son responds, “hmmm, maybe we should make sure it isn’t a buck.”
Your children might be farm kids if your 6 year old announces to visitors that the cow isn’t a bull any longer [...]

Milk Nazi Alert
It’s funny how the Milk Nazi’s are on the war path against raw milk, but Monsanto gets a free pass.  Fox news completely ignored the research and “human health concerns” of rBGH Milk in favor of advertising dollars from Monsanto.  This 10 minute clip, from the original reporters,  tell the story of [...]

Michael Schmidt Acquitted of 19 Raw Milk Charges

Here is a ruling that gives a strong precedence to the Cow Share Programs of the world.  The Complete Patient had this to say about the verdict,
In the end, the judge determined that cow shares are outside regulatory oversight based on the following:

That legislation is subject to a [...]

He knows she’s a moo cow and he’s not afraid of her.  He runs right up to her and moo’s with her.

He doesn’t like the chickens much.  He tricked them by walking around the yard with an empty feed scoop.

They kept begging.  He kept shouting “NO” and pointing his finger at them.

He’s a small farm boy….but he [...]

We have a pregnant dairy goat about to give birth to one or two kids.  I’m guessing one…others in the family are guessing twins.  We are anxiously awaiting!  The children have been updating us on her progress as they have been checking on her throughout the day every day for a little while now.  The [...]

We are very thankful the temperatures are supposed to be pulling up into the 40’s tomorrow!!!   We’re wondering if that is going to happen!

We’ve enjoyed the winter wonderland.  We had 3 days of snow falling from the sky last week…not accumulating much on the ground…but definitely beautiful!  We’ve had I’ve-lost-count-how-many days of below freeeeezing weather.  The [...]

Look what’s just been released …
The Art of Dairy Delights from Franklin Springs

The kids thought this was the greatest thing.  Today they were officially able to walk, slip and slide all the way across the pond.  With the temperatures getting down into the single digits  and the arctic wind we have had, the water was frozen hard enough today for the kids to slip and slide around [...]

Our boys are the main milkers here on our farm.  They have strong hands to prove it.  I am very grateful to them for all their hard work around here.

Having a milking animal changes life pretty dramatically.  She’s a big part of the family.   She requires attention and care daily, but we are rewarded with [...]

The ponds have been frozen.  Not yet frozen enough to ice skate all the way across.  Although they have had some good laughs at the ducks slipping and sliding all over the pond.   The kids are sure hoping the drop in temperature coming up later this week will do the trick.