With a maternal moo and a gentle nudge of a nose, one of our mama cows encourages her newborn calf to stand up on its spindly legs. On wobbly legs, the calf wanders back to nurse for the first time, wagging its tail happily. The joy of newborn life.
Read MoreLove is in the air on the farm… motherly love. Valentine’s Day marked the unofficial start to our 2021 calving season.
Read MoreWith two young farm boys, a farm, small businesses, and animals dependent on us for their breakfast and dinner, we’ve had to get more creative about our dates. Often our dates involve some kind of farm work, and today was no exception.
Read MoreA majority of our October was spent with our cows. This is always a nice change after a busy year of farming. Cows have been moved to fall pasture, bulls have been sorted, and calves are weaned.
Read MoreLife on the farm has slowed down. The urgency of harvest and seeding has been replaced with the daily busyness of catching up on all those little things that we’ve been putting off during the summer.
Read MoreJune on the farm was actually pretty laid back considering what it could have been. We spent about two weeks in the field cultivating, but it didn’t feel as rushed as normal. Maybe it is because things are still pretty shut down in Washington?
Read MoreMay is over (I’m trying to wrap my head around that), and harvest is only 6-8 weeks away. The wheat changed so much last month!
Read MoreEvery year March varies so much on the farm. You know March, it likes to tease you with warm weather one day and then snow the next.
Read MoreYes, I know we are doing a February update in March. February was one of those months when time gets away.
Read MoreJanuary is always laid back on the farm. The fields are covered with snow and the roads are too bad to drive on them.
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