Farm, Food, Life!

-Go grocery shopping and pick up some food -Serve Breakfast …and lunch …and dinner! …and snacks – Split wood, stack, and stoke! “Baby it’s cold out here” -and last but not least…CHILL OUT!

While we were getting farm chores done and taking a walk today, I realized how uneventful this cold winter has been.  Almost grounding…although I don’t think Lacey ever becomes grounded! Even the babies seem calmer!  Yes you’ve seen her before.  Ok!  I play favorites- hoping this calf will be one of my “mom” cows someday. […]

Raindrops on roses (Not quite…but close?) And whiskers on kittens (“Boots the mouser”) Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens (mittens- wishful thinking!) Brown paper packages tied up with strings (tinsel too) “These are a few of my favorite things”   HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US AT ‘OLD PINE FARM’ WISHING YOU AND YOURS […]

HAY!  It’s what makes a grass-fed cow’s “winter world” go round!  So what is a pea plant doing in our hay field?  Conventional farmers might cringe…most hay fields are a mix of alfalfa plants and pasture grass.  Why?  Mostly because of the time it takes to get plants dry after cutting.  Grass and Alfalfa do […]

It’s hard to find good help these days.  Our part-time farm hand has moved on to “greener pastures” after helping us here on the farm for over two years.  Yes, Richard will be missed, especially during harvest time- but we’ve hired new help.  Planting, tilling, and plowing new grazing sections is a job that came […]

The long, crazy summer days are starting to wind down and the cooler summer nights are popping up!  Thank goodness! During the past few hot weeks here on the farm, a few yearling calves made it up north to “cow heaven”, the mud puddle is just right, we visited a country summertime favorite- a county […]

Hello All! Summer is underway here on the farm.  Baby lambs were born during the last month as well as a few calves (more on the way).  One ewe gave birth to triplets and one baby boy just wasn’t getting enough.  I wasn’t overly excited to add another chore to my daily list but a […]

  Rolls and rolls of burnt fencing sprinkle the roadsides, reminding passerby’s of the devastating fires which hit the Heartland of America on March 6, 2017.   Thanks to fuel donations and our abundant 2016 hay season, we were able to make a trip to the Kansas/Oklahoma area to offer a small token of help- […]

Thanks to EVERYONE who has donated to our effort to help the farmers and cattle in Kansas/Oklahoma. We’re HALF way to our goal! Estimated Fuel costs are $600-800. Please help us get hay and fencing materials to those who desperately need it after the wildfires that wiped out close to a million acres and an […]

  From cows to chickens everyone is enjoying the warm weather! The cows are mostly eating hay and “loungin” around, appreciating the sun and nice temps. Spring has not officially arrived on the farm- mostly because we don’t have mud- but a short, unofficial, spring is just fine with all! The chickens don’t think things […]