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LAMBMOWERS.

Mid-summer every year, our neighbor’s at Bugtussle take the rams out of their flock of ewes to avoid having sheep born from December through February––a harsh time to be a baby on the farm. And every...

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A DAY WITH THE KIDS.

Bugtussle took some sheep to town to sell earlier this week. And while Eric and Cher drove to Bowling Green, Jesse and I spent the day watching the children. We had so much fun with Ira, Opal, and...

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THIS & THAT.

Some random photos from the past week. Pretty speckled eggs. A pair of lovely figs. The handy-dandy golf cart makes hauling electric fences much easier. These sheep knock me over EVERY MORNING when I...

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WINTER CHORES.

With cold temperatures comes a new daily chore: breaking the ice. We have to make sure the animals have access to their water, and without electricity, this means breaking the ice (sometimes multiple...

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THIS & THAT.

Some random photos from the past week. Sweet Charlie has become an indoor cat during these colder days.  A pecan pie before I completely burned/ruined it. Love these sweet Shetlands. Clearing land...

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ANIMALS LATELY.

We have been visiting lots of farming friends lately, and these kind of visits always leave us inspired, challenged, and most of all - lusting after all the amazing animals.  Jesse and I have tried...

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SHEEP SHEARING.

On Thursday, we helped Cher shear her Shetlands (tongue twister!) Jesse and I still have a dream of our own wool sheep, so it was fun to get some experience. The kids gathered around while they took...

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LONG OVERDUE UPDATE.

It has been quite a spring, and this poor space has been so neglected. We apologize for that! We are making it a priority to start finding the time to post here – social media makes it easy to fire off...

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FARM TOUR: AUGUST EDITION.

Trying to take an honest and simple farm tour video every couple months so you can see how the farm is progressing (or sometimes regressing). Anyhow, hope you enjoy! Like Wendell.. -Farmer Jesse          

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WHAT YOU NEED TO ROTATIONALLY GRAZE LIVESTOCK (Video)

  If you’re wanting to get into livestock production on a small scale, I highly recommend this video. I mean, I made it so that’s not exactly an objective recommendation but also, this is everything we...

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