by Jill | Oct 28, 2013 | Farm
While many people are celebrating homecoming at their school or alma mater, homecoming here has a slightly different meaning. Every year I look forward to the day the cows go out to pasture in the early summer and I look forward even more to the day that we go and...
by Jill | Oct 2, 2013 | Farm
The recent restaurant ads depicting the conventional agriculture industry as “bad” has spawned a lot of social media attention both good and bad. I have been reading numerous blogs, tweets, and posts from folks in the agriculture industry slamming these...
by Jill | Sep 28, 2013 | Farm
Now that harvest is over, I thought I am finally able to relax and take my time eating breakfast. Yesterday, though, our neighbor phoned and informed us that we had a cow that died overnight. Our neighbor was very worked up over the dead cow, and I decided to go calm...
by Jill | Sep 2, 2013 | Farm
It seems these days if you are anyone, you have a web page; more so, if you are business. When I started the freezer beef business, almost a year ago, I didn’t want to spend much money. I thought my business cards and brochures would be good enough. After a...
by Jill | Aug 28, 2013 | Farm
Now I admit, I’m a bit of a purest. I grew up with home canned vegetables: my grandma canned and my mom canned. When I got married & had a children I told myself that I too would can. Then my career got in the way, until my daughter was born and I...
by Jill | Jul 12, 2013 | Farm
We are having a very busy summer here at the farm, hence why I’m lacking on the blogging. Just when we got all the cows out to pasture, the weather decided it would be nice to begin haying. So far, it’s held, and we keep getting lucky (?) and neighbors...
