Homesteader Life

This is a conversation I walked in on between Little John and Grandpa.
GP Says something about worms.
LJ We have worms up at our home. Worms help improve the dirt……no….the soil.
GP Thats right John. Where did you learn that?
LJ My daddy taught me. Did you know chickens help the […]

Tom made some great observations about Homesteading and Farming, 30 years worth.
Rick Saenz advises us to develop a taste for Low Hanging Fruit.
God Said It, That Settles It. Great discussion on the Lord’s Supper and more.
New Farm has resources for the New Kind of Farmer.
My hoof trimmer gave me some back issues of Small Farmer’s […]

Every time Johnny and I have planned to go fishing this year something has stopped us. Cows get out, have to hunt down a fresh cow and calf, thunder storm, or something else that has to be done. Last night I had a list of stuff to do after supper. Johnny looked at me and […]

Well folks, don’t have time to post anything interesting today. My sister-in-law and her family arrive today for a visit. I have both tractors broke down and a mess of hay in windrows waiting to be baled. The 4030 is hooked to a load of manure and its starter died. The […]

Cheap Food, counting the costs
The economists on Wallstreet keep telling us the disappearance of farming in America is good thing. Let them make food were it is the cheapest they say. Just as the heartless fools can’t count the human and environmental costs of the destruction of the family farm and the rise of the […]

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath […]

It was a hot one today, 93 degrees. We finaly got done with chores and went up to the house only to find half the herd in my backyard and in the woods. A tree fell on the fence and shorted it out. Little john and I drove them back down to the pasture and […]

I have received a few email questions about what traits I think are important to breed for in dairy cattle and what my general philosophy is. I will respond to the emails in more detail privately, but here are a few ideas everyone my find useful. You have to breed cattle that will work in […]

I just found out that our friend Tom from Minnesota has a blog now. Tom knows his stuff. He raises Angus cattle, chickens, and hogs. Be sure to check out the Northern Farmer. There are a lot of agrarian/homesteading type blogs all of the sudden………. and I for one am thrilled!

Last night after milking I worked at draging out the brush I trimed out of the orchard this spring. While I was plugging away Little John came running up, “Dad!!!, I found strawberries!”. He had found some wild strawberries and wanted to share with his pappa. He spent the whole evening finding and eating them. […]