Author Archives: Kelli Miller

First video!

Today I finally got around to purchasing the cable I need to hook the video camera up to my new laptop. Yer in for a whole lotta fun now! Well, depending on your definition of fun I guess. But I … Continue reading

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Are you ready for some football?

Fall equals football around here. Once afternoon chores are done it’s game on. Rafe is all about the football this year. When I gave him a task to do the other day, he replied, “But Mom, I’ve got stuff to … Continue reading

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Switching gears

Louisa All right, all right, enough pig pictures. How about a nice heifer? Lousia is a beauty. Sunday we took the first beef to the locker, and will continue with one each week for 6 weeks. It’s always nice when … Continue reading

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Pigs in the pasture

Can you spot them? So cute!

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End of October garden?!?

We’ve had some amazing weather this month. Not the usual northern Iowa late-October cold and chill. Here’s a pictorial tour of our garden right now. I can’t believe how much food is out there still. There have been some cool … Continue reading

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Beans beans the magical fruit

Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous fall day. A good day to get out and pick the drying beans. I had my nephew here, and he and Rafe were busy digging holes and hauling loads of dirt around the garden. (I … Continue reading

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It's National Pork Month, after all

Matt says it’s time to put some beef on this here blog, but I’ve just got too many cute pig pictures to share! This is the litter that was born last Friday. How cute and shiny are they?! And I … Continue reading

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Pigtails

Holy cow, er, pig! Yesterday’s post was my 500th! As a “Happy Blogiversary” gift, would anyone still reading this little blog please leave a comment? Here’s the very first post. Some other favorite posts from 2004 & 2005. I’ll post … Continue reading

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Oink

The 6-week-old piglets have had free range of the farm, and you just never know where you’re going to spot them…out in the pasture, in the corn crib/chicken coop, in the corn field. Matt got a pen built for them … Continue reading

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Quick update

Breakfast of champions – a Sugar Creek Farm breakfast sausage patty topped off with homemade syrup 🙂 Just a quick product update: Chickens are sold out for the year! I only had about 29 extra’s out of 146. I took … Continue reading

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