Author Archives: Kelli Miller

This is one of our stocker calves, Jemima. She keeps breaking over to the mama cows’ side of the pasture. She’s such a pretty girl I had to take a picture of her when she was hanging around by the … Continue reading →

Stop clicking on links, that is. The other day I read this piece over at 101 Cookbooks. That night I dreamed that this scientist summoned me to her office to inform me that all of my broiler chicks had been … Continue reading →

This is a terrible picture, I know, but it was as close as I could get to our latest visitor in the pasture. Matt says it’s a trumpeter swan. I say it’s a heron. Swans look more goose-like. They don’t … Continue reading →

If you were to eat supper at our home, the question you’re likely to hear the girls ask is “Is this ours?”. They are so excited to be eating food that we’ve grown or raised ourselves, whether it be the … Continue reading →

A movie from not so long ago, in a supermarket not so far away… Join the adventures of Cuke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Cannoli, Chewbroccoli and the rest of the Organic Rebels fighting against Darth Tader and the Dark Side of the … Continue reading →

We created a space for the little pullets and roos in the coop by partitioning off one end of it with 3-foot chicken wire. Moved them out on Saturday afternoon. Sunday morning Madeline went out to check on them and … Continue reading →

I’m the lucky caretaker of a pack of letters, most of them written by my great-great-great-grandfather William Sylvanus Bishop. The letters were written to his family back east in Bunker Hill, New York after William had come west in search … Continue reading →

Below-freezing temps have finally disappeared from the forecast, so I uncovered the strawberries from their blanket of hay yesterday afternoon. The strawberry bed borders the bull pen, and Mr. Bull thought that hay I was pulling off looked tasty. He … Continue reading →

We decided to go ahead and move the broiler chicks out to pasture last night. The low temp was supposed to be a little warmer, at 30 degrees, and today is supposed to be sunny and 65. It would be … Continue reading →

It’s been awhile since I gave a pig update. The little buggers are doing great! We don’t have an ideal setup for raising pigs. They have this area outside plus 2 stalls inside to run in and out of. Their … Continue reading →