Author Archives: Kelli Miller

This past week we enjoyed some time away from the farm. (Thanks to my dad & mom doing chores for us.) Can you guess from the photo where we were? Now we are scrambling to catch up on things around … Continue reading →

Last week Matt bought 45 big round bales of cow hay out of the field. I’ll tell you, I don’t miss making our own hay. But I think Matt does. To make the process of getting it from the field … Continue reading →

It happens this time every year. AWOL. MIA. This year it’s partly because I’m still having problems with my web host & not able to access my own site much of the time. I plan to rectify that situation soon, … Continue reading →

Rafe came along to market with us a couple of Saturdays ago, so I put him to work on a little marketing campaign. The hard thing about selling meat at farmers market is that you don’t have the beautiful piles … Continue reading →

Ava lives to herd pigs. Sometimes she’s more helpful than others, but she tries and she’s getting better. It would help if we actually knew how to train her. Matt likes to have her guard the gate so he can … Continue reading →

Last week, Friday night. Ike woke me up around 1 a.m.to let him out. The weather has been beautiful and we’ve been sleeping with the windows open. As I settled into bed I heard a very strange noise outside. I’ve … Continue reading →

A favorite spring sight We were sitting at Madeline’s ball game in St. Ansgar last night, watching a storm slowly roll in. Grey and black clouds took their sweet time, curling at the edges but not churning. (Good.) I kept … Continue reading →

Posers I’m in a very frustrated frame of mind…since moving this blog to a 3rd party hosted site, I can’t access it much of the time. Thus the lack of posting. A handful of other people have reported the same. … Continue reading →

Our chicken pen is at the far end of the pasture, not quite a quarter mile walk down the gravel road. People have questioned why we don’t keep them closer to the house. There are a few technical reasons why … Continue reading →

As promised, I’ve got pictures of babies!  I don’t have all the calves photographed yet – I know, I’m a slacker – but here’s a few: Remember this little girl? She was the firstborn this year.  She just has “fancy” … Continue reading →