Dealing with Disappointment

I’m discovering how to help my son deal with disappointment. It’s not easy. All I want to do is protect … More

Swine Artificial Insemination

We are in peak breeding season for our 4-H show pigs. We have our show season in January and February. … More

Well, a good deal of time is spent cooking around here, with teenage boys to feed. I’m making traditional Monday … More

Yesterday we ground and stuffed the sausage, today it gets linked and hung in the smokehouse. It will hang on … More

It’s a busy Saturday here. We’ve already bred two sows, milked the cow, finished all barn chores, and now the … More

Today we received semen from our chosen boars (breeding males) in the Midwest. We are planning to breed 7 sows and … More

Have you ever considered owning a milk cow? It’s a bit more complicated than you may think. It’s rather trendy … More

Owen went to get his mare, Cotton, to rope calves. When he brought her out of the stall, he came … More

Today we remade my raised garden bed in front of the barn. I had treated landscape timbers there, but nothing … More