Farming

If you ate today, thank a farmer. If you know where your food comes from, thank them even more. Knowing where your food comes from

I have always wondered why we need to adjust our clocks for daylight saving time here in the land of the Midnight Sun. It was

Can you smell it? … fresh-tilled dirt. There is nothing like it to a gardener or farmer. It is one of my favourite smells of

I don’t really like waiting but as a farmer there are some things you have to wait for. Like seeds to sprout or crops to

They don’t dig like dogs, with their front feet, but with their noses. It is unbelievable how strong their nose muscles are. They can even

Well it seems that summer is here. The heat that we have been getting has been a bonus for the garden. Everything is up, even

It’s chicken-butchering time again … This is a part of farming that is definitely hard work. It starts a day or so before the actual

In the fall, wild geese migrate south. But domestic geese are bred for meat, so they are almost too heavy to lift off the ground

About six months after we purchased our farm, we decided we needed to start raising chickens. This decision came about when, about a week after

Kali and Sienna are home. They have been for about a week now, and it is very nice to have them back. When I mentioned

It’s up! In my garden there are all sorts of little sprouting plants, most of which we planted. This year we were able to get

I tend to mow the grass around the barn areas as green feed for all of the animals. This not only gives them the greens

One of my favourite parts of spring is when we get our chicks. It doesn’t seem to matter how often we have gotten them in

Last spring, we took both Kali and Sienna to visit Boris, the boar. So this fall we were waiting with bated breath for them to

I took a walk today with three young boys. First they followed me throughout the barn while I did the chores. Asking questions and admiring

With the snow blowing around and the temperatures dropping, most people and animals prefer to be indoors. This isn’t the case for the geese and

Iam enjoying our long fall this year. It has allowed us to work on outside projects much easier than if we were knee deep in

Spring! There is just something about it that gets the blood moving. It could be the excitement of new life pushing its way up from

Every spring, we start preparing for chicks. This usually means a rearrangement of how animals are housed. In the fall we usually move everything into

There’s more to farming than feeding animals and planting seeds.” This is a quote from my husband, Al. When he said this a few weeks

I always enjoy watching the interplay of one species with another. So when Allan decided it was time for the piglets to start using an