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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…