by Jill | Oct 26, 2014 | Farm
Two weeks ago we picked up our first group of cows that we pasture on a Provincial Grazing Reserve an hour and a half west of us. It is an action packed busy day that starts very early in the morning and usually doesn’t end until early evening. All the patrons who...
by Jill | Oct 15, 2014 | Farm, Harvest in Pictures 2014
Harvest 2014 can only be described by “Hurry Up and Wait”. It seemed when the weather was decent enough to harvest we were go-go-go, and there was always rain lingering in the forecast. At times there wasn’t rain in the forecast, yet we got rain....
by Jill | Oct 7, 2014 | Farm, Harvest in Pictures 2014
Harvest has felt like hurry-up and wait all season with the less than stellar weather. It seems we get a few good days of weather, then it rains, we sit and wait for it to dry up and the cycle resumes. For this reason, I’ve had a hard time...
by Jill | Sep 19, 2014 | Farm
The other day I was talking to a beef client of mine. We were chatting about how and what we feed the cattle, when she posed an interesting question to me, “Where do you buy the food that you don’t produce?” Sometimes I feel it is a misconception...
by Jill | Sep 17, 2014 | Farm
This past summer temperatures spiked close to +30 C here at the farm. While many don’t consider that hot compared to other areas of Alberta, across Canada, or the world; cattle thrive quite well in hot conditions. Different breeds of cattle are better suited for...
by Jill | Aug 23, 2014 | Farm
I was nominated today by a fellow Albertan & blogger, Sarah of Nurse Loves Farmer to participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS. I accepted the challenge, made my donation & took the plunge! I know the internet is saturated now with videos of the Ice...
