Creative Ideas for Easter Baskets
Creative Ideas for Easter Baskets It’s spring! The birds are singing. The frogs are croaking. The flowers are emerging from the earth. …
Tag: country life
How To Load a Cow in 5 Easy Steps
How to Load a Cow. There are lots of reasons to load cattle. One reason may be to head to the processor….. …
Goat v/s Cow
Goat v/s Cow We had decided we would own and milk dairy goats. A few Nubian does and one buck was the …
Milking a Cow for the First Time
Milking a Cow for the First Time We have been milking Rosie for less than a week. She has never been milked …
Super Egg
Every once in a while I get an egg that stands out above the rest. Literally. We call these “Super Eggs.”Of course …
MEET ROSIE!!!
I got a phone call a week ago from a fellow Kentucky Cattleman Member. He is an older gentleman who raises black-Angus, …
How to Hard Boil a Fresh Egg – That Will Peel
If you have fresh eggs and have hard boiled them you know what I’m talking about. They are impossible to peel. Impossible. …
There’s a Duck in My Sink………. Again
There’s a Duck in my sink……. Again. Ping had his first swim a couple of weeks ago………. in my sink. He was …
What’s Happening in the Garden? March Edition
If you know me, it will come as no surprise that I’ve already been out in my garden. It’s my happy place. …
Don’t Let me go to Tractor Supply
It’s the first day of spring! Yippee! If it wasn’t raining, I’d be in my garden celebrating. But it is raining, so …
Using Deep Litter to Keep Chickens Warm
We use the “deep litter” technique in our coop in wintertime to keep our chicken coop nice and warm. No heat lamps, …
6 Reasons I Buy Groceries Off the Ground
Many people are familiar with Aldi – the discount, warehouse-style grocer with rockin’ deals. If you have never entered an Aldi or …
Frisky The Wonder Cow
Kentucky Weather. It’s either really wonderful or really terrible. There’s no in between. Here’s some pictures I took at our homestead LAST …
There’s A Duck In My Barn
It is with great sadness and heartfelt compassion I tell you that Ping has moved out. They just grow up so darn …
24 Animals in 1 Week
Hopefully, we just made our last “spring” baby chick purchase. Technically, it’s not even spring yet. Here’s a list of the sweet, …