FARM HAPPENINGS We had a lot going on last week and unfortunately I was not able to get a newsletter out. First I will mention the good...

FARM HAPPENINGS As noted in last weeks update, our daily chore schedule is a little less demanding now with no baby chicks or turkey...

FARM HAPPENINGS For the first time since late March, the brooder house on the farm is empty, as we moved the last batch of Thanksgiving...

FARM HAPPENINGS Another hectic week culminated with an overnight trip down to Colfax, Indiana on Sunday night to deliver 16 fat beef to...

FARM HAPPENINGS Whew...last week was a challenging one for me with processing dates for beef, hogs, chickens, AND turkeys all requiring...

FARM HAPPENINGS All of us at the farm are happy to put the past week long string of hot, humid days behind us. Not only does it make...

FARM HAPPENINGS It has long been my goal to get out a weekly or at least bi-weekly newsletter, as many of the farm visitors have...

FARM HAPPENINGS Since my June newsletter, we have been fortunate to receive some timely rains over the last few weeks to green up our...

FARM HAPPENINGS As I am writing this newsletter my fingers are crossed for a heavy rain tonight. We are in the midst of a severe drought...

FARM HAPPENINGS It's been a very busy spring as usual on the farm, and with all we had going on I missed getting the April newsletter...

FARM HAPPENINGS Spring has finally arrived and we welcome the warm sunny days coming our way. With spring we are preparing for the...

FARM HAPPENINGS We survived the two week long deep freeze of '21 and are enjoying the warm sunny days of the last week. Of course with...

FARM HAPPENINGS We are excited to put 2020 behind us and look forward to a new, hopefully more normal year in 2021. As a livestock farm...

FARM HAPPENINGS I was hopeful of getting a Thanksgiving newsletter out but with four fresh turkey pickup days the week before things got...

FARM HAPPENINGS We've had a super busy summer and early fall, and unfortunately I haven't been doing a good job keeping up with the...

FARM HAPPENINGS It's been crazy busy the last two months and we are a little short staffed, so I apologize for missing the June...

FARM HAPPENINGS We are finally getting a few nice, dry days after another record month of May rains (3rd year in a row). We have been...

FARM HAPPENINGS It's been a few weeks since my last post, which came at the beginning of the state shutdown for Covid-19. We've...

In these challenging times, our role as local food producers is critical, and likely to become much more so during the next few months....

For Part 1 of the Journey click here... THE RANCH In spring of 2012, our little backyard farm business was growing rapidly, and to make...