Sunday was Daniel’s 14th birthday! Incredible! Like Richard said, we have never regretted one day of our decision to adopt him. He is very dear to us and growing up to be a great young man. The weather was nice enough for us to play cards outside and Daniel won! […]
Isn’t is nice when you make a decision that you know is right only to have it confirmed by someone else? This morning, the butcher came out to process Lady. We do not have big enough equipment here to process a cow & so are blessed to have someone that […]
I love to see contented animals out in the pasture – ones that have plenty of grass to eat & do not look stressed. Sadly today, due to some of the world’s intensive farming methods, that is not always the case. However this week as we have walked many footpaths […]
We think (hope) that Lady is pregnant & due to calf in July sometime. She was with Douglas for several months before we sold him so no reason why she should not be pregnant BUT time will tell. We have been wrong before! However, it is always advised to dry […]
A little late with this announcement….. Millie had a heifer calf on Monday! (Feb 25th) Tilly is a sweet little thing & of course it is very exciting that she is a heifer. However that is as far as the excitement goes. We caught Millie on Monday and Tilly & […]
Today was an emotionally draining day for Richard & I. Why? Taking the calves & Douglas to the Sale Barn went completely against the grain. Why so bad you ask when you sell so many animals each year? Today was very different. Normally when we sell animals we know who […]
Had to bring the calves up this afternoon ready to go to the Sale Barn next week. We hate to do this but if we are not going to be here to eat them then there is absolutely no sense in feeding them all winter. They were pretty easy to […]
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you reading this here in the USA. Our Royal Palm turkey was GOOD & there is plenty left over for pie tomorrow & something else the day after. Along with roast potatoes and bread sauce we had organic carrots, fresh brussel sprouts & broccoli. All […]
Now that the grass is growing again we are trying to move the four big cows (Douglas, Lady Longlashes, Duchess & Millie) to new pasture every 3-4 days so as to allow the grass some time to recover in the rest time. I know it is not perfect, every day […]
Every bull calf we have ever had born on the farm, both here in Missouri & in Montana, has always had to be weaned from his mother early due to being too rough on his mother’s teats! One morning last week I noticed a tiny mark on one of Duchess’ […]