It’s either feast or famine on the farm. When the ground is covered with snow, we long for a bit of green. But before you know it, we’ve got more grass than we need. The animals can’t eat it fast enough and I have to fire up the tractor and start mowing. It’s always been […]
Here’s Thursday’s breakfast: a bowl of fresh ricotta cheese with a side of bacon. We milk our Jersey cow Emily by hand twice each day, resulting in nearly a gallon of milk just from the rear two quarters of her udder. We leave the front quarters for her calf, who’s growing like a weed. What […]
You have to be careful what you wish for on the farm. Deep in the throes of winter, you yearn for warmer days and maybe a little green grass. Of course, that day arrives soon enough, and with it a whole lot of work you didn’t have to do when there was two feet of […]
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