farm friday: who let the calves out?

Welcome back to Farm Friday! A couple weeks ago, Bub and I were up for a 3AM feeding.  All was quiet and peaceful in the house.  Just him and I rocking back in forth in the glider as he drifted …

farm friday – new additions on the farm.

Please excuse my extended absence from blogging, as we’ve had some additions on our farm that are taking priority over my writing hobby. It’s probably best to start with a recap of our additions as an introduction back to blogging …

farm friday – pasture people.

It has been a long time since my last Farm Friday.  The good news is that I am back, and the farm is still active and full of stories to be told. Spring has come and gone, our crops have …

farm friday – choices.

Choices.  There are thousands of them in our daily lives, and I would venture to guess hundreds of those are related to food. Earlier this week, I read a very thoughtful blog post that is worth a read from Jeni Flaa …

farm friday – spreading the word.

I lead a double life . . . spending days in the suburbs (after a long commute) at my big city job and nights and weekends on the farm in the countryside.  Rarely do these two lives collide, but recently …

farm friday – farmer nice.

Sometimes I have the words, but sometimes others say it better.  For this week’s slice of farm life, take a couple of minutes and check out this video from the “Iowa Nice Guy,” Scott Siepker.  I love his wicked sense of …

delayed farm friday – nature’s fertilizer.

One of the least glamorous parts of feeding cattle is cleaning up their sh#! (more appropriately known as manure).  Some days Farmer J spends the majority of his day engaging in the sanitation efforts.  Although it isn’t pretty or fun, it is vitally …

farm friday – the water fight.

For those not in agriculture or in central Iowa, you may not have heard about last night’s Des Moines Water Works vote to sue several Iowa counties for water pollution.  I have to admit that a little over a year …

delayed farm friday – nearing the finish.

In the spirit of consciously not doing it all and due to an unusual amount of work travel, I’ve been away from the blog a bit.  I happy to report that since the my last harvest update, the fields have …

farm friday – the flip side.

Being a farm wife during harvest time undoubtedly has its downsides, but on the flip side, there are things that I’ve really enjoyed too.  Here is my unofficial “Harvest Perks” list of 2014: The house stays clean.  If you recall, …