We 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...

We are able to be sustainable on our farm with meat. Because we concentrate on larger animals for our meat, sustainability is possible....

Lots of animals eat chicken! We have discovered that over the years. We are so thankful to have such a wonderful Great Pyrenees livestock...

One day a few years ago, someone came to deliver something Mike needed for a building project. Ellie, our first Great Pyrenees (our...

Ellie usually joins me when I am milking. She will lay right down beside the milking stanchions, keep the cows and me company, sample a...

This 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...

This post is from my 13 year old grandson. He says it well. In this past century, rabbits have exploded onto the scene of homesteading....

Back in the day, I had decided that maybe we should switch to guernsey cows. I had been doing my “research.” I had decided maybe...

“Don’t keep a bull.” “For heaven’s sake, don’t keep a dairy bull.” “If you’re going to keep a dairy bull, don’t ever keep a jersey bull.”...

There are always times when you will need a vet. But we have found that onsite visits for our small homestead are very expensive....

If you look at a typical dairy cow these days, they are bred to stand on tall, spindly legs. The picture above is one of my very first...

We checked Val the day before and knew she was close to delivery. I headed out super early the next morning to check on her. What I saw...

There are pictures that you start to see when you start thinking about getting a milk cow. You see the old pictures of the milk maids...

Our cow Claireabelle had just calved. Cindy was adorable as you can tell in the above picture, and it was a fabulous day. I love the days...

Growing up I was always lactose intolerant. It was often worth it to just tough it out for yummy ice cream, but I always regretted it...

Everything loves guinea or hates them. Their sound is some of the most annoying noise ever. It is SO LOUD!! We have had guineas for years...

The single most dynamic change to our homestead has been the adding of the milk from our cows. One gallon a day will fatten a pig to...

We built our smokehouse from trees we cut and had milled on our property. It will hold 18 hams plus middlings, bacon, fatback. At...

Our plan for pasture development is rotational grazing and trying not to overgraze the grass. We want the grass to still be tall enough...

Grass. Just grass. Grass is what we feed our ruminants. When we bought our property, the pasture was neglected, over grown, and full of...