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Cattle, Goats, and a Horse, Oh My!: Why we utilize Multi-Species Grazing on our farm

Cattle, Goats, and a Horse, Oh My!: Why we utilize Multi-Species Grazing on our farm

Meet the Menagerie In what we call our “front pasture” you can find a wide variety of livestock. That’s where our Miniature Hereford cattle graze, along with Loretta the dairy cow, and a few heifers that aren’t old enough to go with the bull in the big herd. Also frolicking through that pasture are the goats and Dottie, my horse who gets very dramatic on the days she doesn’t get turned out with her friends. The question we commonly hear…

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Meet the Herd: Henryetta

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…

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For everything there is a season…

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…

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New Year on the Farm

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…

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