(Insert TV game show voice here) Ahhh, theeeee ultimate show down. Allow us to enter our contenders into the ring! First up, we have the goat. A smaller, and often times glorified version of the homestead dairy animal, the goat…
Year: 2020
All of my best laid plans start with the same words. Hey Dan. … And when I say best laid plans, what I actually mean is terrible life choices. Allow me to demonstrate: Hey Dan, we should get chickens. (I…
Welcome back to the farm. That’s really the easiest way to say it. I’ve taken some serious time off. Time off from writing, time off from the blog, and instead have focused on my day job and the…
I think I need to revisit my last post, which was written somewhat sarcastically (but with several nuggets of truth sprinkled throughout). First of all, no animal, especially a first-timer, wants to be milked. This has been true for my…
Get a milk cow they said. It will be fun they said! Y’all, I’ve been in the homesteading community for years. I’ve dreamed of the day when I can milk my very own dairy cow and partake in the goodness…
[wp_ad_camp_2] Under a pink and purple sunrise, watching the sun come up and turn the dark clouds into the most glorious looking cotton candy, it was hard to remember the world was being ransacked by a virus. Looking up at…