Our first solstice at Cairncrest Farm was in winter. Garth and Alanna had returned from their cheese making apprenticeship in France days ...

It's calving time here at the farm, so for several weeks now we've examined the rear ends of our cows at every opportunity since the...

Some things to you need to be prepared for. When I entered the milk house to clean up the chicken manure pack left from the 125 chicks we st...

I was just rounding out hour number five of transplanting onions in the garden, when a rain storm blew over the hill and soaked me through. ...

My interest in farming and food production, though longstanding, has been abstract for most of my life. Apart from butchering an occasional ...

We've had a very wet spring so far this year. It has rained every day but one since April 17th , and the last few nights have been torre...

I call him Buster. He is the sole remaining rooster for our flock, and I love his fluffy thighs. He has never threatened us with violence. W...