The turkeys arrived on the 25th of April with a note from the hatchery telling us that they would be 'lively, husky and' some other...

Robinia just gave birth to a beautiful heifer calf on the 8th. It was the first day this spring to reach 60 degrees, and the cows were panti...

Having come in from my afternoon chores, I was about to sit down to write about the very unromantic malaise of March. Farming is occasionall...

The passing of these cold days is made easier by moments of color. These are the ones that have swept me up in their coming. The go...

Edmund and Garth both shot deer this season. They hung in our hops barn as long as the weather permitted before being skinned and butchered....

The new year stretches ahead of us.  This is the path worn through the snow by our cows. They use it to retreat from the wind once th...

The other morning I was out moving the cows to a fresh break of grass and marveled at their ability and willingness to eat huge quantities o...