My husband came inside and announced, “I think I have some bad news.” We all looked at him and waited. “Well, I searched everywhere but I can’t find mama turkey.” “Did she get out of the pasture? Did you look… Continue reading

Since we had a nice spring day, we decided to update our main farm picture. You can see what spring looks like on the farm! Continue reading

Today we had a special visitor, Dave from the East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District. He came out to do a site visit, which is a free service this government organization offers. Our main goal was to gather information… Continue reading

“Hey!” you might say… then you might hear back “Hay is for horses!” Well, it is true! We got about a two-hour break in the weather this weekend, so we decided to get a ton of hay delivered. Not only… Continue reading

What is the Canby Tack Sale? Well… let me tell you. It is a horse-owners dream come true. Twice a year the Clackamas County 4H puts on a tack sale. Most of the “vendors” are selling their used stuff. Like… Continue reading

When we moved to our little farm a few years back, one of the “crops” it was missing was blueberries. We did buy a handful of young plants to start that year, but this week we found a great resource… Continue reading

When it comes to animals and farm, there is a different mentality than you find in the city. Maybe you can remember from the movie Babe, where the duck wants to learn to crow? And the pig wants to herd… Continue reading

Okay, these are some “before” shots of the round pen (I hope for some “after” ones when the footing is better!). What I really need is a bird’s eye view to show it, but since I am not a bird…… Continue reading

Who thought you would need school to be a farmer? So, we had to use some real-time math on the farm this past weekend. Got the opportunity to show  my kids that what they learn in school does have real… Continue reading