Spring is a lovely time flowers, birds chirping, baby animals, and mud. Every year I get so excited for spring to come then remember that includes my yard thawing. We have three dogs in our house which means a large quantity of poop accumulates over the winter months. I try to clean the yard in winter as often as I can but that can be hard with snow and freezing. Gus our border collie happens to love mud. He really…
By Katie Morrison I’ve always enjoyed listening to people talk about what they’re passionate about. You can tell when their face lights up, and they suddenly become more animated. With each question you ask, and the more they share, you can tell they could just go on and on. I’ve always loved animals, and I’ve always wanted to farm. But somehow, at some point in my life I developed self doubt, and I think it started with tiny little, seemingly…
You would think that I would have learned the last time that we had babies in the garage that they are prone to escape. Annabelle had her babies almost 2 weeks age meaning that they are getting brave and wiggly. I came home from herding with Olive and Gus to find all of annabelle’s babies had flew the coop. Luckily our garage is quite secure. I had to get Gus to help me first find then round up…
“No hour of life that is spent in the saddle is wasted.” ~Winston S. Churchill Yesterday I spent some quality time with Ace getting over a large hurtle for me. In a series of unfortunate events I have not been able to ride Ace consistently this fall and winter. I spent all of last winter and this past summer working with Ace at least 5 times a week to build our relationship and improve his behavior. We were…
Written by Kate Morrison Nestled in the hills of Pennsylvania is a small farm owned and operated solely by a landscaping, fiddle-playing pig farmer. Dylan Whitehill, like me, is managing his farm by himself. He was drawn to farming at a young age and spent summers at his aunt’s house neighboring his grandfather’s dairy farm. During his time there he rode horses, baled hay, pulled weeds and raised chickens. They even had a petting zoo for some time…
This is a great recipe that is easily adapted to your personal taste preferences. The other thing I love about this recipe is that you can add or take out thing very easily (great for cleaning out the fridge). Feel free to play with the recipe, if you find something amazing feel free to post it in the comments below. Ingredients 16 oz package rice noodles 1 T olive oil 4 large eggs 1 T brown sugar 3…
Yesterday I spent a solid 4 hours “baking” for my husband. I wanted to make a chocolate cheesecake for Jeff and I. I have successfully (by no means perfectly) made cheesecakes in the past but never chocolate. I found a recipe online that looked fairly easy. The recipe started with crush 20 oreos. First I pondered 20 how did they decide on 20…. not 21 not 19, 20 oreos. Secondly do I leave the filling in or out?…
When I moved to upstate NY I wanted a healthy and sustainable option for meat. I chgives you beneficial vitamins and minerals such as B12, B3, selenium and phosphorus. While being nutritious rabbits also produce poop, a lot of poop. Rabbit poop is different from other manure that it does not need to age before being added to your garden. In the summer all the rabbits waste (urine, feces, and any extra food scraps) falls into worm bins. We mix…
Written by Kate Morrison Sarah Sweeney and I spent time together growing up at her grandparents’ house in Scottsville. Sarah is the seventh generation of the Stokoe family in Scottsville, New York. Sarah grew up on her family’s farm that has diversified over the years to include cash crops, heifer boarding and an agritainment business that opens for the fall and Christmas seasons. The farm celebrated 200 years of family farming in 2012 and she is very proud of that…
I am the 6th generation of my family in Scottsville, New York. The Hallock (my middle name) family farmed approximately 200 acres here for over 100 years. I currently live in the same house I grew up in, on about 30 acres just outside the village, just a few minutes from the original homestead. I’ve always had an interest in animals and farming and was fortunate to have a taste of that life growing up. We raised chickens, ducks, geese,…