This is my latest post for Hoard’s Dairyman Blog – HD Notebook. It’s a post that had long been in the works and I believe deserves is proper place here on my blog as well! We all have something that makes our farm unique, and we all have differing ways of accomplishing our goals as […]
I was at the First Thanksgiving
I’ve always felt a special connection to Thanksgiving. There is just something so special about devoting time to being Thankful for all that we have in our life. The preparation of a big meal, done lovingly by family members. A warm house with the noise of young cousins. The start of a magical holiday season, […]
2017 Signup for The Country Christmas Connection
Signups for The Country Christmas Connection are now CLOSED Jenny and I are excited to again bring you The Country Christmas Connection! A rural secret Christmas gift exchange. We are so glad you are here to sign up! After you have read the rules and requirements below, click the sign up link above. After completing […]
Finding Happiness Through Loss
This year has been tough. And as I dressed in black for the third time this year this past weekend, I couldn’t help but feel this year has been unfair. Suicide, cancer, car accident, three funerals that shouldn’t have happened continue to break my heart into a million pieces. I thought it couldn’t break anymore […]
National Farmer’s Day
It appears there is a national day for everything, even farmers. So today we celebrate National Farmer’s Day. Yesterday as I walked through the grocery store I was honestly in awe of the fact that all that selection is made possible by a farmer somewhere. It really blows my mind when I realize that we […]
Every Farmer’s Vow
Today I cried more then a few tears over a cow. It won’t be the first time I cried over a cow, nor will it be the last. Every farmer makes a vow, so to speak, to the creatures entrusted into their care. It is our vow, that for the time our Ladies are with […]
Hoard’s Dairyman – Happily Ever Farmer
This is my latest post for Hoard’s Dairyman Blog – HD Notebook. But I feel it deserves it’s entirety here as a thank you for my husband as we celebrate a decade of marriage! You’ve heard of the city girl gone country, but my husband is the transplant to our family farm. “So how did […]
Hoard’s Dairyman – Our Kid’s Summer
This is my latest post for the Hoard’s Dairyman Blog – HD Notebook Tomorrow Little Farmer, our oldest son, “graduates” from Kindergarten. We can officially say that we survived the first school year. I am not going to lie that this season of life with balancing school responsibilities and farm duties has brought it’s own […]
Hoard’s Dairyman – Pause
This is my latest post for Hoard’s Dairyman Blog – HD Notebook As Memorial Day passed yesterday it left me feeling rather reflective and in awe of the many blessings this dairy life provides. Particularly in the times we have to hit pause. I’m talking those favorites times of day or moments when the long […]
Hoard’s Dairyman – Trade you Rain
This is my latest post for the Hoard’s Dairyman Blog – HD Notebook We graze our Guernsey herd for as many months out of the year as the Oregon weather allows. On a normal year this season lasts from the beginning of April through all of October. For these months we rely on the pasture […]
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