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Farm life: lessons, confessions, joys & tales of the strange


When Your Llama Hates You...
...but does a great job. I just want to hug her. But my guardian girl just isn't snuggly. Nope. Shearing her is a full contact sport. It...
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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Field Day at a friend's sheep and flower farm
Auction. Tour. Slushies. Inspiration. Thunderstorm and a new ram lamb. What a great day to see another sheep operation. We spent the day...
Jul 22, 20221 min read
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I have a daylily problem. And I'm not about to fix it
No seriously. It's bad. For three-four weeks of every year... really from late Juneish to late Julyish... I just sort of "druid" about...
Jul 15, 20221 min read
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Mini Potbelly Pigs and Icie x Katahdin cross lambs
greener newer pastures... helping others start their own farmstead... Oh the happiness! Pigs have job - doing exactly what they did on...
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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Black Vultures
Springtime 2022 was deadly serious this year. Every year when Black Vultures return to Ohio, it is an event that's hard to miss. In...
May 2, 20222 min read
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Astrid the Housesheep - 4 months later
Lambs in totes. A typical winter thing on a farm with sheep. I was told bottle babies remember forever. She will always have a place...
Apr 28, 20221 min read
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Staycations and Funemployment
But I'm a farmer. So it's different. Even my coffee is happy this morning. Time to come back to the office after a year and a half of...
Feb 12, 20221 min read
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