01/12/2016 Farm Fresh For Life – Top Posts from 2015 Top Posts in 2015 It seems that many of my favorite blogs are doing some sort of “top posts for 2015” lists. … Read More 45
01/10/2016 Why Snow is Good for Your Garden Why Snow is Good for Your Garden It snowed! Here in Kentucky, we never know if we’re going to get “white stuff” … Read More 50
01/02/2016 No, You Can’t Strain Milk with a Coffee Filter – in Case You were Wondering No, You Can’t Strain Milk with a Coffee Filter. Ugh. Ugh and ugh again. I have the most fabulous milk strainer. Go … Read More 59
12/16/2015 To De-Horn or not to De-Horn? That is the Question. This story started 4 years ago. My oldest daughter wanted a cow. I wanted milk. So, we got a milk-cow. While we … Read More 54
12/11/2015 Round Bales or Square? Which is the Best, Easiest, Most Affordable? Round Bales or Square? We have used both and I have a conclusion on this whole hay debate. Hay If you have … Read More 192
12/10/2015 How to Knock-up a Cow in No Time – Boo Yah! The Ladies are Bred! How do you get 2 cows pregnant right out of the gate? No Artificial-Insemination failures. No wasted preg-check visits by the vet. … Read More 49
12/03/2015 The BULL GOT OUT!! The Bull got out. The bull that is not ours. The bull that we are leasing. The bull that weighs about 2000 … Read More 43
11/13/2015 Health Benefits of Raw, Grass-fed, Milk & Dairy Products Health Benefits of raw, grass-fed Dairy. If you are on the fence about cow or goat ownership I want to encourage you, … Read More 57
10/20/2015 How to Build a Milk Barn You and Your Cow Will Love – A Tour of Our Milking Parlor How to Build a Milk Barn. This post is a response to a reader request. Thank you for the question & please … Read More 84
10/15/2015 Do Your Children (and Grandchildren) Know Where Food Comes From? We have had many children out to our homestead. Girl groups, church groups, boy groups, little kids, teenage kids, lots of kids. … Read More 163
10/13/2015 How You End up with a Bull Oops, I did it again. More cows….. Warning: this post includes a hunky bull, complaining and balls. Stop reading if any of … Read More 52
10/02/2015 Farm Chores – How Long do They Take? Farm Chores – How much time do they take? I homeschool my 4 children. I do lots of laundry. I cook lots … Read More 77
09/18/2015 Buying Meat in Bulk – How to Buy a Cow – What to buy – What You’ll get How to Buy a Cow (and other animals). Did you think that if you bought a 1000 pound cow you would … Read More 71
07/13/2015 Sexing Ducks, Rabbits with Identity Crisis, Cats in Comas and Bunny-mating In case you’ve missed anything going on around here lately… or you are in need of a smile…… or you like the … Read More 52
07/10/2015 2 More Things You Should Know About Bottle Feeding a Calf – Norman Update We are bottle feeding a calf for the first time. It is a pretty simple process. Feed the calf a bottle 2-3 … Read More 51