Well folks, the time has come. The moment you’ve all been waiting for. Can I get a drum-roll, please? … … … Yep! And no, they don’t make those tests for cows…just in case you needed further clarification as to whom this announcement pertains to. So there you have it – baby Lieferman is expected… Continue reading This Time It’s Not A Cow
We’ve got chicks! Our 25 non-gmo Freedom Ranger chicks arrived on Friday morning, and are now settled into their brooder where they will stay for a few weeks, at which time we will move them out onto pasture. We dipped each of their beaks into their water dish before placing them in the brooder to… Continue reading Raising Meat Birds
Two months ago, we blood-tested both of our dairy heifers for pregnancy and got positive results for both of them. Shortly thereafter, we saw Bunny in heat and after a palpation by the vet, received confirmation that she was, in fact “open”. Womp, womp, womp. That circumstance, as well as the fact that Faith was… Continue reading Faith Update
That’s right, you heard me. No detergent. Don’t worry, our clothes still come out clean and fresh smelling! How can this be?! With these. Soap nuts/soap berries are dried Sapindus Mukorossi fruit that contain natural soap called saponin. They are very eco-friendly, as well as budget friendly…win win! We purchased the 4 pound bag for $40, which should last… Continue reading How We Do Laundry Without Laundry Detergent
Let me paint a picture for you. It’s Sunday night (which means the alarm will be going off at 4:30 the next morning). The time is 8:30 pm, and we are trying to finish up a project outside the house before it gets dark. We haven’t eaten dinner yet, and it’s been a long day… Continue reading Joe vs. the Leaking Pipe
The morning after I posted about the good news of our two dairy heifers being pregnant, one of them (Bunny) went into heat. In other words….she’s not pregnant. This means that one of two things happened: either we got a false positive blood test, or she was pregnant but then lost the calf. When I… Continue reading I Jinxed It
If I had to eat only one food for the rest of my life, I think I would choose pasta. It would be hard to narrow it down from there to only one specific pasta dish, but this carbonara would definitely be a top contender – especially if the one thing I got to eat… Continue reading Pasta Carbonara
…two calves this winter! That wasn’t a misleading title or anything, was it? In my defense, it’s kinda hard to come up with any wording to announce that our cows are pregnant that doesn’t sound like it could be…well, the other thing that everyone is waiting to hear from us. All in good time, people.… Continue reading We’re Expecting…
We are finally getting some sunshine around here, so naturally I made ice cream today. Actually, now that I think about it…the ice-cream-making had nothing to do with the weather, considering the fact that we ate this ice cream nearly every night for about a month this winter. I had to wear extra layers and bundle… Continue reading Homemade Raw Ice Cream
I didn’t choose the dairy life–the dairy life chose me. Well, okay…I did have some say in the matter. But farming (which for me consisted primarily of dairy-ing until more recently) did kind of fall into my lap. It wasn’t intentional. When I moved to my family friends’ small farm, Cornerstone Farm, I had no idea… Continue reading Dairy Life
