Barnyard
Gone Muddin’!
I've been muddin'. Ever heard of it? I've not intentionally gone muddin' mind you...but right now it's gonna happen no matter what. Even though my little Kubota is in 4 wheel drive, we are still slip slidin' all over this farm!I I captured these pics on the only...
And so it begins!
These last few days I've had some help here on the farm. I've cleared my schedule and just dedicated this week to farm projects...getting the garden expanded and fenced in, cleaning out and organizing some buildings, getting some estimates for some other projects and...
Evidently, I can fly!
I was doing chores yesterday with two of my grandkids. We went to the calves field to feed Gloria. Gloria is very tame, comes when called, loves to have her cheeks scratched. One day she will grow up to be a milk cow. One of my younger grandchildren recently got...
Cow Tales!
I've ended the old year....and have begun a new year...chasing cows. I've had a Houdini steer for awhile. If I kept him in a field by himself he never strayed but he bellowed night and day to be with his friends. If I relented and let him hang out with the gang,...
It was just one of THOSE days on the farm…
Normally, with a title like that, it's followed with a picture like this! Just a little scene I came home to late one afternoon - 4 cows out! They had been everywhere, frolicked in the milking parlor, knocked many thing down, tore open a bag of feed (just a few scoops...
When Cows Go Crazy
When I fed the cows that morning, I knew Scarlett would have her baby by nightfall. It would be her first baby so I kept checking on her throughout the day. At one point, I saw her and the baby laying down together in the shade along a fence line and assumed that all...
Roofs, Ladders & Hide & Seek.
Today the roof went on the pole barn. My sons worked on it all day. Here is the first piece of tin going up early this morning... quickly followed by more... And done! It's a beautiful sight! I have kids and grandkids that live here on the farm with me....there is...
Barn Going Up!
We've made some great progress on the new pole barn as my sons have had time to work on things. Side walls went up quickly Then the trusses finally arrived. The cost of wood has gone up 300% locally since March. Steel trusses were much less expensive than going with...
Check Out Our Fall Building Project!
At first glance this may look like a mowed patch in this field but look closer! See the stakes? To me - this is about to become a new barn. I've seen the plans my son drew up, his idea of feeding cows in the dry without having to muck a barn, a sheltered milking...
New Calf on the Homestead!
We were wondering if Dixie was EVER going to drop her calf. Although you can track when a cow goes into the pasture with a bull, you don't always know what day she got bred. Usually it happens pretty quickly but Dixie must have played hard to get for almost a month!...