Burning Ditches
Burning ditches is an early Spring ritual out here in farm country. It clears out the old, dead material so the new can grow in full and strong. There’s a lesson for life there, too.
Category Archives: Farm
Crazy Horse
Deer, No Hunting
A couple weeks ago, a neighbor called asking if I had hay for sale, and ended up buying 20 bales from me for his deer. Yep, he raises them for what I would call “vanity hunting.” The bucks are bred for humongous racks (horns), and folks who can afford them pay top dollar to choose their buck and “hunt” it… Read more »
Christmas Lamb
This is Mary, the hair sheep Beth bought two falls ago. She was supposed to be Easter Dinner, but we never seemed to get around to it. With Christmas Day being tomorrow, and learning by happy accident that Tyler’s boss was planning to butcher two of their own lambs today, we decided that a lamb roast would be quite nice… Read more »
First Winter Snow – Blizzard!
We got hit with our first snow of the 2012-13 Winter season today, and it’s been a humdinger of a blizzard!
Fire In The Sky
Final Cut
My third (and last for this year) cutting of hay is baled and in the barn…