A week ago we released a video that showed us bringing a Scottish highland bull to our farm to breed! For a long time we have been breeding Purebred Mini Jersey cattle. So of course the question arose… WHY?!? Why did we decide to bring a bull that wasn’t a mini jersey to breed our […]
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Buying Land for Livestock – What to Look For?
SO You Want To Raise Cows?
Are you thinking of working with cattle? Recently we interviewed Karin Lindquist about handling cattle safely. Karin was awesome…. she went and wrote not 1, but 4 follow up articles to our interview on her website! Go and check them out! So, You Want to Raise Cows… Where to Begin? How to Safely Work With […]
Cows Changed Me. For the Worse?
LIVE SHOW TONIGHT ABOUT LIVESTOCK FOR BEGINNERS… But first It is funny how much people can be changed by homesteading. When K first said she wanted cows I didn’t think we should bring them on the homestead. I made it clear these were “Her” cows. I was willing to support the endeavor in whatever ways […]
Time For Change On This Homestead
You can feel it in the air. The season is changing, and a homesteaders life changes with the changes in weather, sunlight, and temperature. We have enjoyed a very busy spring and summer. Goat kidding had us very busy, as did summer pasturing of animals, and milking goats. Our cows were dried off all spring […]
Why I am Building this Farm So Slowly
After experimenting all spring long on my cow fencing setup today I am back at the fencing building a new paddock. I have been building this cow pasture fencing very slowly, one paddock at a time. This is very much on purpose. I have learned that when you are new to a farm or farming […]
