Yesterday, we loaded barley into bags to sell to a local farmer. We worked hard to load because the truck bed the barley was housed on failed to lift. So, the Toms family, Bryan, Sandy, Seth and Brynna pitched in…
There is a Porcupine in the Pig Pasture
There is routine in farming but it is often not routine. The other day during the evening feeding, we discovered two piglets with quills in their snout and one momma pig with quills in her leg. I forgot my phone…
Mother’s Day/Father’s Day
What a gorgeous day and what a beautiful Mother’s Day gift-a lovely walk on top of the ridge with my two delightful adult children. On the way back, as we crossed the hay field, Ashley’s sharp eyes spotted a four-leaf…
Trauma Team to the Rescue
During the evening feeding, one of the young ducklings that we are keeping in a pen because they lost their mother, was found with its tongue entangled in a frayed fiber from the curtain that separates their enclosed box from the…
Protecting the piglets
Well…l we had to return the piglets to their momma or bottle 7 little piglets about every 2 hours. Besides, there is nothing like pig milk for piglets and milking momma was out of the question! So with the brave…