We have been busy, busy, busy the last couple of weeks. The earthwork was done for the barn at our new property last week and the poles...

We drove out to our new farm today as it was the official first day of work on the barn. Jason and I should have each had ceremonial...

I just got done reading a series of books by Roger Welsch which were recommended to me by one of our regular blog readers. The series was...

Things have been pretty routine around the farm for the last few days with a couple of exceptions, and they both happened on the same...

It’s shortly after 6 am on Thursday morning as Melissa and I open the door into the day’s first light on what promises to be a bright,...

As we mentioned Random Musings of a Farmer. There is a link to it in my blog roll to the right. ****************************************...

We’ve been treating a case of cellulitis in one of the horses recently. Cellulitis can be quick and easy to treat or a drawn out process...

In between horse chores, I spent virtually all my free time on Tractorhouse.com this weekend and I spotted a Kubota very similar to the...

As we begin to build out our new property, one of the things much on my mind of late has been used tractors. I have a whole host of...

As you can see from the picture below, Melissa won out and our run-in sheds will have cupolas on them. I thought the horse weather vane...

We officially have run-in shed number one built at the new farm. It is built to the same dimensions as most of the sheds we currently...

This week has been a dual holiday week for us. Canada Day on July 1st and then the Fourth of July today. Sometimes it is hard to...

I learned today what happens when a fainting goat gets into the poultice. You probably don’t need me to tell you that it makes a big...

As anyone who works for themselves (and particularly anyone who works for themselves from home) knows, it is often very difficult to...

We’ve been busy around the farm the past few days. We always like to purchase a year’s supply of hay while the hay is actually being...

As we began our daily chores in the relative cool of the first morning light, I thought again (as I often do) about what a gift it is to...

On Wednesday we had our weekly session with our wonderful farrier Gwen. Gwen does a fantastic job with all of our residents; many of our...

(written by Jason) As most of you might surmise successful farming of any type means working slightly ahead of nature’s calendar to get...

(post written by Jason, picture captions by Melissa) Today I spent several hours cutting up one of several trees that decided avail...

Jo and Mina, World’s Cutest Fainting Goats, have no idea how good they have it – just like the horses that live here! They get to do...