There’s no easy way to lose an animal. The farm’s ram, Dragonwool Yoda passed away on Thursday and we’re frustrated to say the least. This is our first time losing a sheep to an illness and although we think we know the culprit, it doesn’t make it easier. We have always been warned that sheep…
3 more ewes are coming to the farm on Saturday. They are pretty girls from the Canoe Lake flock and are being sold by a neat couple who raises dexter cattle in TN and wanted to have sheep as sort of a novelty addition on their farm. They brought the sheep home and soon realized…
A brand new Charolais heifer calf was born just a few hours ago. Andy called me because he needed some help opening some gates while he carried the calf to an adjacent pasture that all of the mamas and babies are on with Frank, the bull. I haven’t moved our minivan since my dentist appointment…
Our friend Josh took some awesome photos of Andy harvesting honey recently while helping him all day long at the same time. Josh has helped us out quite a bit actually, but the point of this post is really about how I was reminded of just how far we’ve come these last few years after…
Our sweet and awesome Great Pyrenees, Remi(ngton) recently had her first litter of puppies. After years of failed attempts at using different dogs as livestock guardians, we are so thankful for ‘the right tool for the right job’ as Bull Frog learned to say from Andy. We’d been given dogs in the past and had…
She’s one! An entire year has gone by since we welcomed our sweet Buttercup into the world. It seems like only last week that I was pacing the farm anticipating her birth, wondering when she’d arrive and what she’d be like. 9 months of praying constantly for her safe and healthy arrival and years of…
Hey. My name’s Melissa. I have an amazing husband and some pretty awesome little kiddos. This little spot on the web is devoted to my life as a farmer’s wife, mama, gardener, beekeeper, mozzarella maker and so much more. Thank you so much for coming.
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