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A Year on the Farm
Enjoy this archive of past newsletters. We hope it gives you a taste of life on the farm!


May 2021
Grazing is in full swing here on the farm and on a solar field about 20 miles away. This summer we are trying something new by grazing...
May 11, 2021


April 2021
Wow, last month we had 6 inches to a foot of snow on the ground, and now in places we have 6 inches of fresh green grass. We are still a...
Apr 12, 2021


March 2021
The longer days, warmer weather, and the sun in exchange for mud is a fair deal in my eyes. The next few weeks on the farm will be pretty...
Mar 9, 2021


February 2021
Things look a bit different on the farm than last month. There is a foot or more of snow everywhere that makes feeding animals and just...
Feb 9, 2021


January 2021
Happy New Year! The big news on the farm right now is the construction of a new farm store. It’s a pole barn, a portion of which will be...
Jan 12, 2021


December 2020
I hope things are going well. The great weather we had in October has continued in to November and December. As I wrote earlier, the area...
Dec 8, 2020


November 2020
Wow, what great weather we’ve been having! All the cows are still grazing but they are all getting either hay or baleage as a supplement....
Nov 10, 2020


October 2020
The weather and the fall colors have been amazing here in Italy Valley over the last month. While a bit more rain to grow the grass would...
Oct 13, 2020


September 2020
Not much going on at the farm these days, just petting cows and hoping it would rain. The two cows in front are some of the friendly ones...
Sep 8, 2020


August 2020
Here is a quick farm tour from last night. Here is the main sheep flock with their lambs grazing one of the fields I cut for hay. It was...
Aug 11, 2020


July 2020
Are you ready for the heat wave? Just be glad you’re not a cow, they are not big fans of the heat. Animals that are super happy outside...
Jul 14, 2020
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