Homesteading isn’t always wonderful. You try to give your animals the best life possible. Fresh pasture, comfortable shelter, lots of love. But sometimes the inevitable happens, and you find yourself with sick animals, or broken infrastructure, or something else that goes wrong that you never saw coming. Over the last few years we have experienced […]
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How Old Hay is DANGEROUS to Your Animals
After a long winter of feeding our cows in our paddocks around the barn a problem has surfaced. Old hay and cow manure mixed creates an organic sludge that prevents water from draining. Standing water around your barn is bad for animals. Cows and Goats can get foot rot, fly problems can worsen, and overall […]
The First (moving ) Fight….
Big life changes are bound to bring up disagreements. When your dealing with decisions as big as where your going to live, emotions can be challenged. This week one of us broke the news to their family before the other one of us was ready. The family wasn’t exactly excited. This is never fun. Suddenly […]
How to Start Training your Lab Puppy to Retrieve- Of Training a Bird Dog
When you first get a puppy, your going to hear a lot of different advice. How to house train them. What to feed them. Crate, no crate. How to play, let them play, don’t play too much…. Get a Dog Training Book One way to sort through the maze of information is with a good […]
