So, here’s what we’ve been up to on the farm lately: HAY. Hay, hay, hay. And more hay. Here we are driving to the hay fields. Here we are raking up all that hay for the baler to roll it up and spit it out. Sometimes hay raking requires intense concentration. Here we are wrapping more hay. You get the idea. We harvest and store … Continue reading Rolling on…

Got a bunch of hungry family members? The kind that ask you what’s for dinner? Repeatedly? I find myself in that situation a lot. Well, here is a quick-to-prepare meal idea that helps me prevent a hunger crazed mutiny on the farm. This recipe requires only FOUR ingredients. And those four ingredients are things that you can keep stocked in your pantry most all the … Continue reading Four Ingredient Beef Sandwiches

We got a lot done this week. Much time was spent harvesting and preserving our hay crop. This year we began using a different bale wrapping system. It tightly covers our hay bales in a thin white wrap. The purpose of using the wrapping system is to maintain the high quality of our wheat and rye grass bales. This means more nutrition for our cattle … Continue reading Hay, hay, hay

About a year ago, I decided to knock something off of my bucket list. I’ve always wanted my own flock of hens. Primarily because I wanted fresh, nutritious eggs to feed myself and my family with. And because I love watching the hens. They are so entertaining. They chase down insects with a vengeance. Their squawking and squabbling is humorous. And there are so many … Continue reading More hens, please

This recipe is one of those quick, easy recipes that I go to when I know I am going to be pressed for time. I make it often times when I know I won’t be home until late. The most recent time I made it, I was working in the fields until 9 pm. Walking into the house that night and knowing that we had … Continue reading Easy Beef Stew