Teaching Children Responsibility and Work Ethic
One fact that we quickly learned after we moved to the farm is that children can do more work than what you think. It’s amazing how helpful they can be…when required … Continue Reading →
Category: Cattle
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 →
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 →
Back to the Butcher – Picking up our meat
Today we were quite busy. We took a trip to the butcher shop to pick up our meat. We took all the coolers and freezer bags we had and still needed more…so … Continue Reading →
From Field to Table..Family Style Food Production
Since moving to the farm, we have had a crash course with the concept of food going from the field to table…family style. I will be the first to admit that … Continue Reading →
Head 'em up, move 'em out…
The day has arrived and we are downsizing here at Vaughnshire (for a change!). We will be less one cow, one pig and two lambs out in the pasture — … Continue Reading →
Farm Journal Entry – Spring
This week we have posted a lot of farm related material…that would be because it’s early spring (as of today) and there are a ton of things to do around a … Continue Reading →
Want To Know Why We Farm…
…well, there are many reasons, but one good one is having the pure and simple freedom of raising our own beef cow in our own pasture. He eats grass and … Continue Reading →