Frequently visitors come to our farm. Mostly family in the beginning while stripping wallpaper and planting seeds and then very soon new friends started coming and we are always proud to show off our cows. When overnight guests visit we … Continue reading
“I don’t know, I think I panicked,” Josh confessed, “we’re running out of options. I looked up to see one young cow that looked to be mostly Holstein, if not full blooded Holstein went for $400 more than we’d paid … Continue reading
We peered into the barn to get a look at which cow was coming next. And then it was her turn. Daisy’s! “Go high,” I said to Josh. I didn’t want to lose her. The bidding started. The auctioneer pointed … Continue reading
This is a question we frequently heard over the past year: “Are you organic?” This is tricky because the quick answer is: “no”, the long answer is better. Our animals have access to the outdoors whenever the weather is suitable; … Continue reading
{for part 4} We found seats, in the third row – also the last row. I was reassured to see a handful of people waiting – we weren’t the only ones enthused about bringing animals home. “Boy, they could have … Continue reading
{for part 3} The auctioneer started with several boxes of small items: four harnesses (we bid and won), three pitchforks (we bed and lost), a metal snow shovel (we bid and won), an artificial insemination kit (we didn’t bid), and … Continue reading
{For Part 2} We thanked him for his information and continued assessing our options. We wrote lists to organize our preferences: Hope and Gabby were due at the end of June. Perhaps Cee could go in that category because she … Continue reading
{For part 1} When the kind man returned with the “catalog” it was nothing like I expected. was surprised to hear there was such a thing as a catalog because I expected it to be a thick manual with glossy … Continue reading
It was early and cold as we made our way out to the truck we’d borrowed from Josh’s dad with the trailer hitched to the back. I had gps in hand and the address to the auction. Our goal was … Continue reading