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Did I say “pumpkin pictures coming tomorrow?” I guess I did, didn’t I. Pick a peck of pumpkins My blogging mojo seems to have gone missing. But I’ve been doing this long enough to know that it will be back … Continue reading →

Last weekend was our annual trip to the local pumpkin farm. The traditional wagon ride was brought to us by these two: Notice how the one on the right is Mr. Serious? But the one on the left played the … Continue reading →

Even the weeds in the garden are pretty in autumn There’s been a harvest of a different sort around here this week – culling of some of our breeding stock. Monday we sent Mr. Bull, Missus Hamilton, and 2 unnamed … Continue reading →

Some of the calves lounging on a beautiful fall afternoon Our farmers market season is officially done! Charles City has another Saturday left and Mason City has three Friday’s left, but last Friday we sold out of every last scrap … Continue reading →

The tree was calling me today, calling me to come out and take its picture before it totally drops its orangey red robe. I happily obliged. 3 years ago: Another installment Chicken, or dust bunny? Spuds Photo Friday : Conspicuous … Continue reading →

In the comments on yesterday’s post, Lisa & Angie both asked about why we’ve decided to get different gilts, and what we’re going to get. So I put together this review of what we’ve been through with the gilts we … Continue reading →

that our fall farrowings go better than our spring farrowings? Friday night, with a low somewhere about 31 degrees, one sow farrowed and has a nice litter of 6. However the other sow seemed to be in standing heat this … Continue reading →

Eleven years ago today, at 8:30 in the morning she came into this world. Finally weighs enough to drive the tractor. Still our cowgirl. Much more the homebody than her bookend siblings are. Laugh-out-loud funny. Beautiful, inside and out. Happy … Continue reading →

My cutie pie little nephew loves to come over and ride Star. He likes Star so much, in fact, that he has his own horse named Star at his house. He keeps her in their corncrib and he feeds her … Continue reading →

We have a measley watermelon harvest this year. Crazy weather! This Orangeglo beauty was one of the few. This was a new-to-us variety that I decided to try this year. Here’s a picture of it beside my size 9 boot … Continue reading →