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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 →

because I’m about to show you this: The first calf of 2010…a sweet little red heifer! 1 year ago: Portrait Beak to the grindstone Is there anything sexier

Seedlings in the basement under lights… Merry spring breezes blowing the windmill… Laundry on the line… Phlox… Track meets… 1 year ago: Photogenic Happy Easter Trusting my instincts (or not) That had to hurt Garden, April Numero dos

Spring has sprung! And Madeline’s 4-H pigs have been sprung as well. It’s so much fun to watch them running, jumping, digging…just being pigs 🙂 My garage brooder won’t be empty for long…tomorrow morning I get to go down to … Continue reading →