Author Archives: Kelli Miller

There’s nothing like chicks for some mid-winter therapy! The peeping, the pecking, the scurrying, the napping. The cuteness! These are Gold Star pullets from Hoovers Hatchery. 52 of them, that should be laying by June – in time for farmers … Continue reading →

Every day this week. Snow. Wind. Cold. School started late, or let out early, or cancelled. Repeat tomorrow, except colder. Actual temperatures of 25 below, wind chills of 50 below in the morning. Heck of a day to bring home … Continue reading →

Some days you take your smiles where you can. As I walked by this upstairs window I noticed a lollipop heart in the snow, “drawn” there by Ava on one of her rounds. 1 year ago: Hydrant On the farm … Continue reading →

Have I mentioned the ice? I guess I have. This is our driveway. Except now it’s covered over with snow, and another blizzard is on deck for tomorrow – 4 inches of snow and 40mph winds. Wahoo. 3 years ago: … Continue reading →

I mentioned before that I got some fun cookbooks for Christmas. Tonight I broke out Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking. For whatever reason, store-bought bread irritates me more than perhaps any other … Continue reading →

I stepped outside this afternoon to see what was going on around the farm that might be photo-worthy. I didn’t find much. Everything is iced over and everybody is hunkered down just riding it out, trying to not to slip … Continue reading →

The cornstalk bales aren’t net wrapped, and have become encrusted in ice after the many storms we’ve had recently. Madeline delivered one to the butcher calves for bedding yesterday – in the midst of yet another(!) icing – and had … Continue reading →

And we’re back, after our little hiatus where we did this… and this… and some of this… and this… and some more of this… And how did a landlocked farm family end up at the beach, you ask? We took … Continue reading →