Abiding Pastures FarmJul 6, 20203 min$195 Grass-fed Beef Giveaway for Adoption!I love it when two of my passions meet in a beautiful way. For those of you who know us personally, we are passionate about regenerating ...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 29, 20201 minWorth the WaitCountry ham. Today is Sunday and we are at home just before our live streamed church service at Mercy Hill. We decided it was time for so...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 21, 20202 minWhat we are doing March 2020Normally, we use a mix of compost and potting mix that we order. This year, however, with the COVID-19 being forefront in everyone's mind...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 11, 20201 minWe have new pigs!We got new pigs this past week. Here they are on the trailer getting ready to get out into their paddock. The pigs give provide so much ...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 10, 20201 minAmazing compost experimentYesterday, we completed an experiemnt that was a complete success. Several years ago I read about someone who had totally filled the path...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 10, 20201 minPutting ash out to improve our acidic soilWe are always trying to improve our soil. We use our animals, coffee grounds, scraps, grow mushrooms, and even add leftover milk. We tes...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 10, 20201 minHow we started our path to self-sufficiencyRaising food is the first step to self-sufficiency. We actually started in a duplex with self-watering pots on top of my cedar hope chest...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 9, 20201 min216 beet seedsThat is how many we started today in our greenhouse. We need to start more but some we will start directly in the ground. These starts wi...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 7, 20202 minThe Wood Stove Our Pioneer Princess is essential for our homestead. We heat our entire house with our wood stove. It gives us hot water when it rains so...
Abiding Pastures FarmMar 6, 20201 minAdding mulch chips to the chicken runThis time of year the weather is starting to warm up. The kids are excited to get back outside more on the farm. The adults are excited a...
Abiding Pastures FarmFeb 20, 20201 minTime Lapse Sheep ButcherWe have had 4 wethers that have needed to be slaughtered and butchered for a while, but have I mentioned that this has been the winter of...
Abiding Pastures FarmFeb 16, 20201 minTemporary GreenhouseLast Saturday we were busy. We did some garden clean-up, and with some tears in the plastic of our hoop house, we decided to put our seed...
Abiding Pastures FarmFeb 15, 20202 min A Cleaning up the garden and adding silage tarpToday there was a break in the rain. It has rained and rained and rained and rained. We finally braved the mud and muck and headed for th...
Abiding Pastures FarmFeb 15, 20202 minSeed StartingWe have moved back and forth between various seed starting methods for years. Sometimes we plant directly in the ground in the hoop house...
Abiding Pastures FarmFeb 6, 20202 minIt is STILL RainingWe have had more rain that we can remember. The picture above is of one of the fields on our road. Ours is not nearly as bad, but the gro...
Abiding Pastures FarmFeb 1, 20204 minCan you raise enough meat on a homestead to be sustainable?We are able to be sustainable on our farm with meat. Because we concentrate on larger animals for our meat, sustainability is possible. B...
Abiding Pastures FarmJan 30, 20202 minWhat eats chicken?Lots of animals eat chicken! We have discovered that over the years. We are so thankful to have such a wonderful Great Pyrenees livestock...
Abiding Pastures FarmJan 30, 20202 minGreat Pyrenees protect us and our livestockOne day a few years ago, someone came to deliver something Mike needed for a building project. Ellie, our first Great Pyrenees (our Lives...
Abiding Pastures FarmJan 30, 20202 minOur Great Pyrenees are part of our farming teamEllie usually joins me when I am milking. She will lay right down beside the milking stanchions, keep the cows and me company, sample a l...
Abiding Pastures FarmJan 30, 20201 minBottle Feeding GoatsThis was written by one of our 11 year old girls. I have always wanted to have goats. I would beg my mom constantly. Finally, one day my ...