Well, it's official. Spring has arrived on the farm.How do we mark the occasion around here? Two ways: the cows walk out onto fresh pasture for the first time all season, and Benj gets his annual
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He Makes Me
Out past the fence, stretching across our fields, the grass is almost ready to graze.
Almost.
This is the part of
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Our cows are dry — but the farm store is done!
For the first time in nearly six years, we're temporarily without fresh milk on the farm. All three of our dairy cows
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Twenty years between gardens
Yesterday’s heat caught me off guard—when we backed the car out of the cool garage to head to church, the windows
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A Suitcase for Heaven
I have had family and friends experience loss this month. It is hard.
I felt the weight of it while washing dishes
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The Pigs Are Getting a Garden This Year
I woke up to the cattle loudly complaining — moos carrying across the barnyard in the -18° windchill. The water had
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The Robins Are Back.
I hardly know how to contain myself this week. The geese are streaming overhead in great, honking lines, the clover is
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She Said Yes (In Our Barn)
Something wonderful happened in our barn last week.
My little sister got engaged!
A few days before, her now
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Thank You Doesn’t Feel Big Enough
Because of this community, our beef shares are now spoken for this season — wow.
I am overwhelmed by the love shown
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Beef Vegetable Au Jus
A Winter Saturday Stew (Two Ways)
We love recipes that adapt to life rather than demanding you drop everything to
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