Its always amazing how fast a year flies by…its almost like I blink your eyes a few times then boom its over!  But when I look back and reflect for a moment as I sit by the wood stove on this rainy day I cant help but to think “Wow, we did all that?!!!”  So what did we do this year you might be wondering?  I mean what did we do in addition to the daily chores and tasks that are required to keep this farm in operation 365 days a year…

Most people just looked at me with a confused expression when I said I’m traveling to the very northern tip of California to learn about chickens for 2 days.  First of all how could you possibly talk about chickens for 2 whole days and second of all (Kelsey) haven’t you been raising chickens since you were a little kid, what more do you have to learn about them?   The answer:  You would be amazed at how engaging the conversations were and how many profound lessons I learned!  I realize that not everyone is able to take 5 days away from the farm to go to an event like this so here’s my recap of what happened… 

I have to admit, the vegans are right!  That is in the sense that we modern day meat eaters are more barbaric than our hunter gatherer predecessors thousands of years ago. 

Let’s dive right into the hottest topic in sheep farming: Parasite Control!  There are three main methodologies with sheep farmers in regard to worming.

I was mowing the pastures the other day and found my mind wandering to a familiar topic…this question of what I am doing?  

The past six months we have experienced three severe weather events.  DROUGHT, we had almost no rain August -October. 

For years, I have struggled with many of the arguments the vegan community and now the plant based meat industry has made in regards to the production and consumption of animals for protein. 

Summer day knows, perhaps, the probable parabolical curve on the axis of its own act(s) its path, who’s end I will not seek, though It may.

Zucchini, squash, cucumber, these must be picked every day. The daily vine. Tomatoes, okra, green beans, peas, these must be picked every other day.

In 1306 Dante began writing the Commedia, which was to become the center of the western literary canon for a couple hundred years until around 1600 when Shakespere surrounded all.

Within ecology we also find that when systems, spontaneous or fabricated, grow and extend in complexity they almost always have a tendency to produce heterogeneity and to form subset or Islands.

This is a scene from my morning walk with the cows. Hints of Fall are everywhere in the pasture. The late blossoms of iron weed and native sunflowers are making all the bees and wasps go wild as they prepare for Winter.

It’s kind of fun to think about our farming/food supply chains and how everything is connected. Here’s an example