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Learning as we grow on our small farm in lfk
Tag: Farm Life
A Break From the Farm
Our farm is currently not too terribly taxing when it comes to the amount of labor we have to invest to keep it running on a daily basis. During winter we don’t have any meat chickens out on pasture because there is no real… Continue Reading “A Break From the Farm”
Pastured Poultry Update
It’s been a while. How are you? Sorry we haven’t posted lately, but sometimes life gets a little busy with kids, jobs, side jobs, side-side jobs, and side-farm jobs. Since our last blog post we have pretty much finished up all of our major… Continue Reading “Pastured Poultry Update”
Turkey Update
It’s been a little over two months since we added our first batch of turkeys to the farm. As you’ll recall, we lost some of our heritage birds in the brooder phase, but added a handful of Broad Breasted White turkeys to the mix… Continue Reading “Turkey Update”
Turkey Talk
Coming into this farming season, we decided to ramp up our enterprises a bit to trial run some ventures we thought we’d like to add to the farm. The no-brainer first addition was the pastured broilers. Since we have raised egg layers and culled… Continue Reading “Turkey Talk”
When the Farmer is the One Sick
Farmers often have to think about and deal with sick or injured animals, but what happens when the sick one is the farmer? Recently we’ve had the misfortune of finding the answer to that question here on our farm. A couple of weeks ago… Continue Reading “When the Farmer is the One Sick”
Planting the Garden
Our poor garden has been put on the backburner this spring as we’ve tackled other projects, dealt with crummy weather, and juggled trying to work full-time jobs while raising two kids. We developed a pretty good garden plan over the winter and started hundreds… Continue Reading “Planting the Garden”
Why we decided to get Livestock Guardian Dogs.
As Shannon mentioned in our inaugural blog post, we are now the proud parents of two Great Pyrenees puppies. I want to talk a little bit about why we chose the dogs we did and what our plans are for them, but first, perhaps… Continue Reading “Why we decided to get Livestock Guardian Dogs.”
We Did a Thing.
So, we did a thing. We did a big thing. We thought a lot about the thing and researched the thing like crazy. We just came home with two Great Pyrenees puppies. They are possibly the cutest things on this planet, even covered in… Continue Reading “We Did a Thing.”
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