When people hear my blog name, their first reaction is always, "Well that's an interesting name. Where'd that come from??...

 The past couple of days have been a bit heavy for me as I've gotten back into the writing world and have been given the jolting re...

Yesterday evening was such a beautiful, peaceful time that I couldn't resist getting some video footage of it all, since you couldn...

  Well looky here! We've got a new tutorial! Three cheers for Caity, who never seems to do these when she intends to!! Wait, wha? Oh...

I have a bit of a pride issue. It sneaks in most of the time and settles itself so softly on my heart that I don't realize it's t...

I've always been more of a livestock type of person. Plants typically don't like me. But the microgreens have been a breakthrough ...

Maybe this is just me, or maybe it's the same for everyone, but lately I've been thinking a lot about how I view livestock wit...

You know those bad dreams where you feel like you're trying to run towards something, but you're stuck in mud? And no matter how h...

For the record, it's really hard to get decent pictures of an animal when they're in a barn. I'll have to post better pictures...

Do y'all remember that little video I posted awhile back about the artisan butcher shop that's opening in my neck of the woods? We...

I had a dilemma: the grass in the 98 acres was getting taller and taller, and Ellie couldn't handle it all by herself. I wanted most o...

It wasn't even 9am yet and already my day was crazy. I always milk Ellie first thing in the morning. No other barn chores are done...

There is a time for everything. Everything. I'm sometimes the type who wants to push the boundaries on that; want to do or have things...

Over the last year, I've been slowly learning about the rare breed hog known as the Mangalitsa... And quite frankly, I'm intrigued...

Which do you think is better: Livestock of rare and heritage origin, or livestock of nativised genetics? This is a question I ask myself a...

It didn't take long before I noticed a numbing sensation in my fingertips... It was the beginning of December, and I was at work. ...