Stories from the Farm
We hope you follow us along on our journey of living as 5th generational farmsteaders.
What’s Happening on the Farm: September-October
Fall is such a busy time on the farm, as you may know. We have harvest on top of our regular farm (and parenting) duties. With the addition of our third baby this spring, not only did I not find much time to do day-to-day blogging of the harvest, but I was getting use...
Recipe Post–Gluten Free Dairy Free Scalloped Potatoes & Ham
With the many food allergies/intolerances we are dealing with these days (I have a wheat allergy, daughter is gluten intolerant, casein allergy, oldest son has whey allergy, and the baby is definitely milk & soy intolerant–not sure of allergy yet), mealtimes can...
What do we do when cows are on summer pasture?
In the summer, when I talk to people, I frequently refer to "checking cows." The other day, I had someone ask what that meant exactly. I then realized that I do so much more than just "checking cows." First off I check to make sure that all the cows are there. This is...
Top 3 Highlights of the Canadian Beef Industry Conference
I just came back today from the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Calgary and I'm charged with renewed energy to promote the beef industry that I so love! This was the inaugural year for the conference. I was a late registrant (I signed up 2 weeks before the...
Happy Cow Appreciation Day
Today is Cow Appreciation Day. On our farm, everyday we appreciate our cows. We care for them and feed them everyday. We appreciate watching them graze peacefully in green pastures under blue skies. Although many of our animals are slaughtered for food, we recognize...
(Little) Hard Workers on the Farm
When I go out to do chores everyday, I have a little helper--my shadow--I affectionally call her. It's my daughter, and she goes wherever her mommy goes and does whatever mommy does. It's cool...she's 3! However, when I was telling another (town) mom about this, she...
Happy 2016!
Well it has been a while since I sat down at the computer & wrote. In all honesty, I think my last post was right before we finished harvest, and we finished back in October--October 22 to be exact. While I haven't been entirely away from writing; I have been...
Harvest in Pictures Update #3
So I have found lately with the kids' schedules, harvest, my schedule, and the million other things I need to be doing, blogging has taking a back seat, unfortunately. I still like to keep my readers up to date with the progress of harvest, but the past week and half,...
Harvest in Pictures Day 2
Day 2 of harvest was B-E-A-U-TIFUL! The sun was high, the sky was blue, and there was a warm wind. Perfect conditions for combining. I was busy with the kids today, and had my farmer husband take some of the photos for me today. We also had the last of our cows due to...
Harvest in Pictures–Day 1
For the past two years, I have documented our farms' harvest with photos. I got the idea from Project 365; documenting your life one photo a day for a year. I have a hard time committing to such an endeavour such as that, so I have decided to again do Harvest in...