Q and A: sick chicken and jars not sealing
Sick chicken
One of our old Rhode Island Reds isn't able to get on her feet since yesterday. She never even made it in the coop last night. She ate some mealworms and had...
Haying season has begun
I just got back from a two-day trip to Mayo Clinic with a friend who is having heart issues. What a place! People from all over the world and every culture you can imagine...
Q and A: raising beef and orioles
Raising beef
I've been looking for information on raising my own calf or two for beef. Do you have some suggestions on what I need to do? I've raised my own chickens and turkeys but...
The flower gardens are looking great…and so is our woodpile
Besides all the great improvements going on around here, the big garden, our new house garden and keeping busy taking care of Mom, I have had a few minutes to work in the flowers....and...
The cows got into our pumpkin/corn patch
Yesterday Will was bulldozing the horse manure in the horse pasture where we feed round bales all winter up into a compost pile. He noticed that the cows seemed to be too far north...