Author Archives: Kelli Miller

The barn that was on this farm was old, older than the house, I think. The house was built somewhere between 1875 and 1900, depending on who you ask, but a log house stood somewhere on the farm before that. … Continue reading →

Not much going on around here this week. Winter has returned as we dip back down to high temps in the low to mid 30’s. At the PFI conference last month I attended a session on financials given by Mike … Continue reading →

I have one customer that never picked up his chicken order so… If you’re up for a road trip I have 15 fresh frozen chickens for sale here at the farm. Email me if you’re interested. I can also ship … Continue reading →

I mistyped in the last post when I said the hogs finished at 270 pounds in 133 days. That should have been 163 days. (Total, from birth.) Now Walter can’t be quite as impressed. I stopped at the locker after … Continue reading →

This afternoon it was time to load the hogs up and take them to the butcher. Yes, I do get a little sad and feel a bit traiterous. I’m grateful for their gift to us as food, and we give … Continue reading →

The tax man cometh. A friend gave us an older version of QuickBooks, so I’ve been working this week entering all of 2005. Finished up tonight, and will get everything else organized this weekend and ready to go to the … Continue reading →

If summer has its dog days, then winter has its cow days. The cows spend these gray, dreary winter days lying about doing a whole lot of nothing. Wish I could say the same. Actually it felt good to have … Continue reading →

This farm was never set up for raising hogs. So we’ve created a makeshift home for them in 2 large horse stalls in the cattle shed, plus this outdoor area. It’s wet. It’s cold. It’s muddy. And these are incredibly … Continue reading →

Saw Walk the Line tonight at our smalltown Watts Theatre. Man oh man. Loved it. I’ll be downloading me some Johnny Cash tomorrow. Even though it makes me sad to see how badly people mess up their lives, especially with … Continue reading →

I don’t know enough about the differences between Americauna’s and Araucana’s to know what we have, or if I even spelled those right. So we just call them Easter Eggers. I do know they give us pretty eggs in shades … Continue reading →