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Monday when I was out for my noon walk, I came upon this scene in the cattle lot: Do you see what I see? Heifers with their rear ends turned towards Mr. Bull, and Mr. Bull looking oh-so-interested. Do you … Continue reading →

Piggy naptime This was the scene in the hog shed when I took my daily lunchbreak walk about the farm. This isn’t the litter we moved yesterday, this litter is about a month older. But we moved the younger litter … Continue reading →

USDA Steals CNG (Certified Naturally Grown) LabelFrom Walter at Sugar Mountain Farm. If you read only one link here, read this one! And then go comment. This one had the old Janet Jackson song “What have you done for me … Continue reading →

I love to cook. But I don’t usually love to cook for very long at one time. So this is one recipe that, to me, has a big payoff in terms of time spent in the kitchen. A little chopping … Continue reading →

I think by now I’ve banished any thoughts from your head that things are all rainbows and unicorns around here. Yes, yes, many days things are positively bucolic at Sugar Creek Farm. All oinking piglets, mooing calves, and crowing roosters. … Continue reading →

I thought it might be fun to throw together a speedlink post of sustainable agriculture news articles and websites. Let me know if you like the idea (or not). I’ll give a little synapsis of the link – click through … Continue reading →

Today I received the most wonderful package from Karl & Tabitha & The Pile. 2 sheets of various heirloom tomato, vegetable and flower seeds, grown and saved from their own garden. It just made my heart sing. I’m excited about … Continue reading →

to The Beginning Farmer’s blog. He asked me a few Q’s a while ago, I gave him back a few A’s, and he’ll be sharing all of them at his blog over the course of this week. Thanks for having … Continue reading →

Used to be that all fields were fenced so that cattle could be turned out after harvest to feed off the leftovers. It’s not as common a sight as it once was, and I don’t think this fence would hold … Continue reading →

This is the scene these days, when Matt’s not at work or doing chores. I told you I’d created a monster! 2 years ago:Drooling