by Jennifer Osborn
December 04, 2021
New Addition
With holiday season in full swing, things here have become more varied. Last Friday saw the arrival of a new member of the farm team. ...
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by Jennifer Osborn
November 27, 2021
Snow arrived in full force this week. Many things changed in a moment, turning our entire landscape into a postcard.
by Jennifer Osborn
November 20, 2021
Changing the clocks back to "normal" and having and additional hour of light in the morning is wonderful - it makes getting up much, much easier (...
by Jennifer Osborn
October 10, 2021
This is a question we get asked A LOT. Over the past decade we've been asked to make wool insulation by builders, homeowners, architects, and sound...
by Jennifer Osborn
September 25, 2021
Sketching by the barn. The original video is just over 12 minutes long. It's now shortened to 1.5 minutes. Hope you like it.
by Jennifer Osborn
September 18, 2021
Although the days can still be comfortable t-shirt weather, cooler weather is fast pushing the summer heat away. Milking is done. It's now a 3 time...
by Jennifer Osborn
September 16, 2021
After this past week’s incredible storms, I’ve been thinking a lot about comfort foods. Luckily we weren’t directly in the path of a tornado, but s...
by Jennifer Osborn
September 05, 2021
Although this probably won't be my final thoughts on grass-fed, I'll be putting it down for a while after this. Grazing season is coming to and end...
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by Jennifer Osborn
August 29, 2021
Ducks, being ducks, also revel in the down-pour rains this year. Once their paddle pools overflow, the water runs down the hill, creating a little stream, that they will all play in. Although we fill their pools up daily, there's nothing like playing in the huge gush of water from a downpour. Barn roofs collect A LOT of water...
by Jennifer Osborn
August 22, 2021
Okay, in the first post we looked at the differences between meat and dairy animals, and in the second post we looked at why breed is important. In...
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by Jennifer Osborn
August 15, 2021
ANIMAL BREED
Let's look at breed next. A breed is an animal that, when bred, produces miniature versions of the parent animal. There will some so...
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by Jennifer Osborn
August 03, 2021
It's a term that is thrown around A LOT these days. Grass-fed, grass-finished, grain-fed, pastured,naturally raised beef, lamb, butter, dairy, and ...
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New Addition With holiday season in full swing, things here have become more varied. Last Friday saw the arrival of a new member of the farm team. ...
Snow arrived in full force this week. Many things changed in a moment, turning our entire landscape into a postcard.
Changing the clocks back to "normal" and having and additional hour of light in the morning is wonderful - it makes getting up much, much easier (...
This is a question we get asked A LOT. Over the past decade we've been asked to make wool insulation by builders, homeowners, architects, and sound...
Sketching by the barn. The original video is just over 12 minutes long. It's now shortened to 1.5 minutes. Hope you like it.
Although the days can still be comfortable t-shirt weather, cooler weather is fast pushing the summer heat away. Milking is done. It's now a 3 time...
After this past week’s incredible storms, I’ve been thinking a lot about comfort foods. Luckily we weren’t directly in the path of a tornado, but s...
Although this probably won't be my final thoughts on grass-fed, I'll be putting it down for a while after this. Grazing season is coming to and end...
Ducks, being ducks, also revel in the down-pour rains this year. Once their paddle pools overflow, the water runs down the hill, creating a little stream, that they will all play in. Although we fill their pools up daily, there's nothing like playing in the huge gush of water from a downpour. Barn roofs collect A LOT of water...
Okay, in the first post we looked at the differences between meat and dairy animals, and in the second post we looked at why breed is important. In...
ANIMAL BREED Let's look at breed next. A breed is an animal that, when bred, produces miniature versions of the parent animal. There will some so...
It's a term that is thrown around A LOT these days. Grass-fed, grass-finished, grain-fed, pastured,naturally raised beef, lamb, butter, dairy, and ...
