No matter if we do all the right things sometimes plans don’t go right. First time mamas can be clumsy and hormonal, and in the case of two of our first timers it’s been with extreme results. Twisty destroyed her litter of 13, while Mistletoe didn’t take the maternal test at all. Two of...
In our area once you get North of US 24 soils start to get sandy. The terrain gets a little hilly in places, and the sandiest areas are often the highest. This year we didn’t perform any tillage on our … Continue reading →
Today, it’s popular for companies to prove they are “green”. Many marketing campaigns don’t center on the product being advertised, but how environmentally friendly or ethical the company is who made the product. We in agriculture say, welc...
We have an odd assortment of pets around us, some common, some not so much. Our rabbits are functional but there are several that are definitely pets as well. Today Connor and I took some time this morning to go to the Dixie Reptile show, something I haven’t done for some time. It’s been...
There’s not a day that goes by I don’t see a reference to “big ag” or “big pharma” or some other comment that big is bad. So I’m reading “Folks, This Ain’t Normal” from Joel Salatin and there’s a part where he’s talking about cities. To the point – “…perhaps some cities are too...
While Earth day is certainly a start, why just a day or a week? After all we impact the environment daily! According to the History site – “Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week, a...
We have a little different operation than many, but with it a keen eye towards water issues for a very big reason. On the back side of the property is a drainage ditch, which starts further ‘above’ us and runs to a drainage system that goes into creeks. This means manure runoff is something...
I know that as farmers the weather being strange or changing patterns is supposed to be normal. That's just part of our job. The risk we take. And one of the big reasons why so many of us realize how we need to rely more on God than o...
Yesterday I was reviewing my blog statistics and found something interesting. One of the links bringing people in to my Occupy the Food Supply post was coming from NPR’s “Judge Dismisses Organic Farmers’ Case Against Monsanto“...
