Thought that headline might spark your curiosity. After I posted those shots of Silvia’s canning results, I couldn’t resist posting something about my own preserving exploits. We finished second-cut hay yesterday by making 270 big “wet” bales or baleage. Essentially, you bale the hay at between 25% and 50% moisture (dry hay [...]

Here’s where I spent this morning – cross your fingers that the line won’t suck air when I start the pump.
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Just in case you think Sil never gets any R&R. (I’m writing these posts while sitting beside her.)

It’s August and Silvia’s been busy preserving the harvest. I’ve attached a couple of photos of the results.

We had a nasty storm blow through on Sunday night. Connor was out on the porch and came in declaring that a tornado had just gone through. It wasn’t – but it was some of the strongest winds I’ve experienced (and I still remember the night the tornado went through 2.5 miles from [...]

We hit a spot in the grazing rotation where you could see the cattle, sheep, hen wagon and broiler pens all in the same picture. That’s our house and main farm yard in the background.

Some shots of our cattle grazing on pasture.

A few shots of the young birds we’re raising to be part of the hen flock. We’re raising some Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Speckled Sussex, and Blue Cochins.

I’ve attached a few pictures of our shearing day- the first step in wool’s journey.

Here’s a picture of twin lambs born today. They are literally minutes old in the picture and already up and looking for their first meal. (Must be the Stoddart genes ) It’s always good to see as weak uninterested lambs (or worse – uninterested ewes) are no fun.
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