5 Easy Ways To Teach Kids Where Their Food Comes From
It’s important for people to know where their food comes from! Here are five easy ways to teach kids how their food gets from the farm to their fork.
Meet the Herd: Henryetta
Name: Henryetta Age: 3 years (April 2016) Species: Goat Breed: Spanish/Boer Cross Henryetta was born and raised on our farm. When she was about two weeks old, we lost her momma, so she became a bottle baby. Most of our goats are not raised on a bottle if we can help it, so having a friendly bottle baby is fun sometimes! Since Henryetta was so friendly and used to being handled, she got volunteered to go to a few 4-H…
Competitiveness, Perfectionism, and a Fear of Failure
I’m what some people may call competitive. (There are several of my coworkers giggling right now at this understatement.) I’m also a perfectionist. These personality traits have their pros and cons. Together, on a good day, they can help me rule the world! But today, I want to talk about one of the cons: fear of failure. I hate to lose. It’s not that I’m a sore loser, I truly try not to be. I am normally super encouraging to…
Five Fun Facts for National Beef Month
Did you know that every May we celebrate National Beef Month? Well, around here, we celebrate beef more often than that, but I support anything that brings more positive attention to the beef industry! I’ve started National Beef Month by sharing information on my Instagram, but I also wanted to drop a few lines on the blog. So I present to you: Five Fun Facts about the Beef Industry 1. It takes 18 months to 3 years to bring beef…
The Month of Continuous Vet Bills
Being an animal lover and livestock farmer, I understand that vet bills are just part of life. Part of my responsibility to my animals is to provide care for them and to insure they are living their best life. I’d also like to start off saying we are lucky to have an amazing vet, but four trips for 4 species of animals, within three weeks, is entirely out of control. With that said, April 2019 will henceforth be known as…
For everything there is a season…
Yesterday was the first day of Spring. We have been looking forward to Spring for some time now, hoping it will bring with it the pretty weather we have been missing for what seems like forever. When the seasons change, I’m always reminded of what we are told in Ecclesiastes: 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to…
Farm Record Keeping
Record keeping. Most people groan at the thought, but I love it. I love lists and notes and calendars and…well, you get it. But aside from my obsession, why is Record keeping so important on the farm? One word: Profitability. In order for a farm to be profitable, at least to its highest potential, farmers need to know what’s being spent, what’s being made, and what assets they have. I know some farmers that never look at receipts until tax…
New Year on the Farm
Follow my blog with Bloglovin It’s January, so of course that means “New Year, New Me!” and “2019 Goals!” posts are all the rage across the blog-o-sphere. And trust me, I’m not here to disappoint. While I’m not about to develop a “new me,” (I’ve been working on this version of me for 30 year, and I like me just fine, thankyouverymuch) I have set some goals for 2019! I have a goal loving personality. I love having something to…
Being Thankful For Things Aren’t Really Thankful For
Farm life brings with it many challenges, both physical and mental. One of those challenges: Rain. Trust me, I realize as a farmer, we are supposed to always be thankful for rain – except for when we aren’t. Rain gives us so many amazing things: lush grass for our livestock, plentiful plants that produce food for our consumption, fresh water for the ponds and creeks, replenishment our groundwater sources, and beautiful flowers for us to look at. So yes, I’m…
Meet the Herd: Superman
Name: Superman Species: Canine Breed: Border Collie Superman has been a part of our family since the day he was born. He was out of the last litter of Border Collies my Grandma and Poppie bred. Poppie picked him out for me from day one. Superman has held many roles in his life: College dog, Apartment dog, Rodeo dog, Petting Zoo dog, and Farm dog. He has been to basically every petting zoo I’ve put on, and he absolutely loves…