Cows Get Their First Day On Grass

Cows enjoying their first fresh grass of the season

Cows Get Their First Day On Grass Tuesday was the day I decided to turn the cows out to pasture for first time this season. I have been resisting a […]

Getting Ready For Cows To Graze

Farmer Steve checking fences

Getting Ready For Cows To Graze I’ve spent the last three days weed whacking under the fence lines that surround the pastures. I first started because through the fall and […]

Germination Chamber of Joy

germination rack with seedlings

Our germination chamber always gives me joy as I watch the unfolding of seeds planted and starting to show life. Our unit stayed up all year last year due to […]

Celestial Awesomeness

 As I’m sure everyone was aware of, the Solar Eclipse that just blessed us with it’s appearance. Our experience was one to remember! We planned a 2-day eclipse event thinking […]

Working Off The Spring List

The greenhouse is ready for spring

I love spring because of all the things I’ve been thinking that need to get done when spring comes are actually getting done. Seeds got ordered, received and into the […]

Collecting Shiitake Mushroom Logs

tractor in the farm's mushroom yard

Last I wrote, William, Ryan and I were getting ready to cut our logs for shiitake mushroom inoculation. There were a few trees on the farm side of the road […]

Shiitake Mushrooms on My Mind

shiitake logs being loading in a trailer

Believe it or not, I’ve been deep into Shiitake mushroom planning.  I’ve got my sawdust spawn order ready to go for inoculation and my wife Julie has been out marking […]

Barn Cats

Barn cat in a cage after nuetering

 I have found that living in the country on a farm has many benefits not seen with folks living in the city. One advantage (disadvantage?) is the arrival of barn […]