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Signs of Spring
The weather has been warm, and we took the chance to walk the pasture and check some fence lines with family yesterday. The sunshine felt great although discovering the first tick bite of…
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Tending flock and pack
This weekend we had some tending to do. I noticed a chicken not feeling good and we had to separate her and nurse her. Sadly, she didn’t make it and so we had…
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Warm
It was a day of picking up sticks around the yard, updating farm bookwork, washing the floors, baking bread, and other typical Saturday chores. I love blue sky farm days especially when I…
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Bird brains
while our chickens are fun, and certainly great egg producers. They also are typical bird brains ! yesterday, we moved their coop from one side of the shop to the other. Their food…
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Winter on the farm
Winters in the Midwest are unpredictable. One week it might be ice and snow, the next rainy, the next very temperate. One thing I miss in the winter is that we don’t see…
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Preparations
as I prepared some extra baking, sourdough loaves, and single pot dinners this week for Chuck, as I am away for our leadership conference, I found comfort in these comfort foods. it is…
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Eat
We settled around the table this afternoon with friends to eat chili and catch up. It was the first meal on our new table , and a belated birthday hooray for my pal,…
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2024
2024 and a dusting of snow made life on the farm feel crisp and quiet. We walked the woods and enjoyed the solitude. Botto found it exhilarating and, well, comfortable?!
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New
New year, new opportunity , new adventure or new challenge; here we come! This year Chuck learned what a charcuterie board was and built a few. We learned to raise squirrels orphans and…
