The beginning of the week I was outside in a tank top getting the animals ready for summer, and today it is a blizzard. Welcome to MinneSNOWta. -__- Hooving the Sheep. We began our week contemplating shearing the sheep. The ewes get their tails docked in a few weeks and we need to shear them…
What another beautiful week! The kids spent the better part of each day outside. I did not drag my feet when it was time to do my farm chores, in fact I am getting antsy to get things rolling. I know better than to stick the plants in the dirt, we will have a few…
Want to hear an embarrassing story? A story about my first time tapping trees… Goes something like this: I was under the impression that I had zero Maple Trees on the property, so I was set on tapping Birch Trees. I had a TON of those – sandy soil with a few marshy areas. PERFECT…
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