- May 30
The Family Cow
…sharing the joy of a family milk cow without all the work “The Family Cow” is another one of the farming books Scott brought to our relationship. I was open to cows but it took 5 years of our failed milk goat animal husbandry experiment before a milk cow even entered into the discussions of our homestead and farm business. Luckily, we already had a book to help us😊 I clearly remember the day I decided we needed to say goodbye to our milk goats. Scott had been ready for a wh
- May 11
The Oxford Pigs
…The time we learned that pigs can swim Like many of you COVID took us by storm. Our sales went through the roof so much so that it became very obvious that we would run out of pork by the Spring of 2021 unless we changed things up. Breeding is a slow process so we went searching for hogs just weaned that we could raise and process by February or so of 2021. Of course, we weren’t the only niche, pasture-based producers with the same concerns which made finding hogs virtually
- May 5
Why We Raise St. Croix Hair Sheep
…and not goats We got our initial trio of sheep, Gwendolyn, Wendolyn and Shaun in the early 2000’s. Scott has always been a sheep fan. He started researching different breeds in his late teens/early 20’s and came into our relationship with a small library of shepherding books. I thought sheep were boring, dumb and a maintenance nightmare (because of the shearing). I refused to become a shepherdess, I wanted to be a goat herder. I had visions of me sitting out in the fiel
- May 5
Why Farming is a Labor of Love...
…and why sometimes you just shouldn’t get out of bed. George the Geriatric Emu I started out today knowing it was going to be a tight one. I had 2 meetings scheduled back-to-back first thing, no Garett to help (working other jobs) which meant I would be milking and doing the extra feedings, no Owen (online school) and a busy weekend to catch up from. This was a day that needed to go according to plan. I started off completely focused with utter confidence that I was going to
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