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Being Thankful For Things Aren’t Really Thankful For

Being Thankful For Things Aren’t Really Thankful For

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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…

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Meet the Herd: Superman

Meet the Herd: Superman

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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…

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Meet the Herd: Loretta

Meet the Herd: Loretta

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Name: Loretta Species: Bovine Breed: Registered Milking Shorthorn I thought it only right to dedicate our first “Meet the Herd” post to Loretta, seeing as it’s her birthday! Loretta came to us just under a year ago as a sweet, 10 day old bottle calf. You know how they say alcoholics shouldn’t go to a bar, and shopohics shouldn’t go to a mall, because the temptations are too high? Well, “cow-o-holics” probably shouldn’t be in cattle Facebook groups… I was…

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Life from the porch

Life from the porch

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I love our farm.  It truly makes my heart happy to be home, no matter if I’m in the pasture, barn or the house. But my porch…my porch is a little slice of heaven. My porch is where I spend a lot of my time. My porch is what gets the most compliments from visitors. Like Sheldon on Big Bang Theory, my porch is my spot. My porch is the most important part of my house; here are a few…

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