Amish Bird House Gourds
We purchased a milk cow from an Amish family in Kentucky last week. They milk several cows and were selling off a Guernsey cow and heifer they had. On our trip back up to … Continue Reading →
Month: April 2009
Purchasing a Milk Goat
Milk goats are a great family farm animal. They are ideal for the children. Milking an animal is a huge responsibility with so many rewards. It is a great animal … Continue Reading →
Factory Farms and Swine Flu
Quite a bit of information is coming out about the swine flu “pandemic”. Here’s one of the thought provoking articles I read, Mexican Lawmaker: Factory Farms Are “Breeding Grounds” of … Continue Reading →
Garden Lettuce
I love garden lettuce. I would love to grow lettuce year round since it grows well in cooler weather. These are the starter plants I bought from the Amish community not … Continue Reading →
Buyer's Remorse
Have you ever bought something and got it home only to feel that pit feeling in your stomach that you shouldn’t have bought it? We had that feeling not too … Continue Reading →
Farm Life: Boys, Calves, and Cowboy Boots
This has to be one of my favorite elements of the farm… young men with chores. Of course they don’t look like they are having too bad of a time. … Continue Reading →
WHOAHHHH…Slow down there….
We’re trying too. We just realized it has been almost two weeks since we posted. For shame. Good thing the blog doesn’t require water or feed, doesn’t need it’s pen moved … Continue Reading →
Our Improved Chick Incubator
We didn’t have a great experience hatching out chicks last month. We lost the two chicks that did finally hatch out and haven’t tried hatching out more chicks yet. However, … Continue Reading →
MomMom's Cow
…been busy…feeding their MomMom’s (grandma’s) calf… We have found that bottle feeding calves is sort of like bottle feeding a lamb or goat, only a baby cow is really a big animal … Continue Reading →
Calf Chasing
We have a new exercise…it’s called calf chasing. You can join us every morning and evening if you like. It’s what you do when you buy a bull calf that … Continue Reading →