Author Archives: Kelli Miller

Friday and Saturday I attended the annual Practical Farmers of Iowa conference in Des Moines. We’ve been members for a couple of years now but this was the first time I’d attended the conference. I’m not even sure how I … Continue reading →

For those of you within driving distance, we’ll have our next group of porkers ready January 30th. And within driving distance covers quite an area – we now have customers from the Twin Cities all the way down to the … Continue reading →

The possum playing “possum”. The possum has been caught. And my egg numbers have almost doubled. We used a live trap instead of a traditional trap because we set it right in the coop and didn’t want chickens or cats … Continue reading →

We got a couple of live traps from a friend on Sunday. Set the trap last night, baited with a couple of eggs. Today, no eggs and no possum. Guess the trap needs an adjustment. To be continued…

I can’t bear to type this whole story out, so long story short. Abbie got hit by a car, and we had to have her put to sleep. Just telling that much I am bawling once again. There have been … Continue reading →

This just makes me want to hit the thrift stores and break out the sewing machine! How cool are this cat and this dog?!? One talented gal.

No real exciting news to report on the possum front. Last night it was about 9:30 p.m. when I discovered it. So this afternoon Matt counted the eggs (13) but left them there and we went back out at 9:00 … Continue reading →

I think I’ve whined here before about the less-than-stellar egg laying by my hens. I did suspect at times that something might be taking eggs, but didn’t have any proof. Until tonight. On busy evenings like tonight (Abbie started obedience … Continue reading →

I love books, especially books about cooking, gardening or farming. I got *four* books for Christmas! Quite the loot. One of those books was the cookbook Simply In Season from Matt’s brother and his wife. It’s one of three (so … Continue reading →

[Editor’s note: Matt is guest blogging today :)] Hello and Happy New Year to all the customers and friends of SCF. Kelli asked me to write today’s blog entry as we reflect on 2005 and make plans for 2006. So … Continue reading →