Now we're cookin'!

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I know you're hoping I forgot.....

Just in case you are a teensy bit interested in what we do...here is the next installment of "calf feeding....the early years"  video series: ...

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It's Been Awhile

It has been along time since I posted on ye ole farmin' blog.....life has been keeping us busy.  When the weather starts to change, it's time to "winterize" around here.  We have to make sure our water is gonna keep on flowing through the cold months, the fans are turned off and the sides of the barns are put down (they are really just big curtains that we can roll up to allow air in or close to keep the girls toasty warm in the winter).  We need to make sure we have enough feed for everyone as well.  Crops are winding down now....basically, we just have...

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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Even though the weather is getting "crispy" and for us outside working types, it is only going to go downhill from here, one thing can be said for this time of year.   Fall evenings in PA sport some of the most fantastic sunsets evah!  Even though it gets dark at, like, 4 freakin' o clock, I am privy to seeing God's best work every evening.  Tonight, as...

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This is how we do it

The Dairy Farmer and I worked last weekend and I took the opportunity to snap some random photos around the farm. I caught the DF doing what he does best....feeding cows.  Here is my description in farm wife terms:  he drives the tractor down through the center of the barn.  In the mixer behind is all the "stuff" the cows eat....all mixing and churning-nice and...

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Birthday Calves

Down on the farm, we kinda have a tradition.  If a calf is born on a loved one's birthday- we name it after them.  It's the least we can do....and the least you can do is send us a couple bucks a month for their upkeep.....know what I mean?  These suckers like to eat!  So, here is our newest addition to the "name game."   This cutie patootie...

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