“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” ― Dolly Parton Deep down inside I have always known that I am a farm girl at heart. I have always gravitated to animals since I was young so it is no surprise that as an adult I bought a farm. Recently I have acquired a new pony that has a few behavioral as well physical problems. Sassafras or Sass for short is a half Arab half Pinto pony that…
Post Written By Sarah Sweeney Bone broth. If you haven’t heard of it yet, this nutrient packed broth has been gaining popularity in health circles in recent years. The collagen rich liquid can improve chronic inflammation, does wonders for skin, hair and nails, improves joint and bone health and is even known to boost metabolism. Not to mention is highly digestible making it easy for your body to utilize all of the brothy goodness. The magic happens when you simmer…
Every one can I’m sure imagine that annoying child who asks 300 times if they have arrived at the destination… it’s me I’m that kid. We have reached mid January also known as half way to cabin fever crazy can’t wait until spring time. As I aimlessly scroll through Facebook and see all my fellow sheep farmers have started lambing my farming soul gets itchy. Much to my ewes dismay I start staring at them. The staring is usually followed…
As a busy farm mom the need for me to have quick easy healthy meals is huge! Let’s be honest I’m also super cheap so when everyone was getting a Instant Pot I got a electric pressure cooker. In essence these are in fact the same thing but mine only has three buttons which makes converting recipes sometimes difficult. Here is a super simple soup recipe for those nights you totally forgot to get anything out for dinner. I put…
This past weekend we had our first yoga class here on the farm and it was so much fun! Our class was held outside under our large shade tree while the lambs and llamas grazed around us. I can’t wait until our next class you can get your tickets to reserve your spot here!
I have really loved doing morning chores every morning. Listening to the horses munch on their breakfast, collecting those yummy farm fresh butt nuggets the chickens leave me and greeting my sheep each day. Most days this is the best way to start my day … except today was totally different. There is an order in which things must be done each morning to prevent total mayhem and chaos. First you fill the horse feeders and add their supplements. Next…
Just over here processing wool…
Gus moves some sheep for me today into fresh grass.
In an effort to protect my husband, my girls and the lovely woman who does barn chores for us I chose today to try to catch Rooster Soup. You might be wondering why we named our rooster Rooster Soup well he was originally called Handsome Rooster Man. Rooster decided it was fun to charge the humans and try to maim them hence getting him a new name. I began my approach to the lair of Rooster Soup hoping to have…
I pulled my very first lambs ever last Friday and only the little ram lamb survived. Mom didn’t want the little lamb and he was really struggling so we brought him into the house to feed him as a bottle lamb. Over 24 hours he did great and I was really hopeful for him! When the little buffalo had her lambs Purl the ewe’s lambs I had pulled Friday seemed extremely interested in them so Jeff and I brought the…