Our boy Benji has been under the weather this week. He’s one of just two boars we keep on the farm, and his job – hanging out with our sows and making piglets for us – is critical. Greg always calls him a sweetheart, and he truly is. So it’s been sad and...
We’ve been told many times that we should get a pet, but we’ve never really bought into the idea since we already have so many animals depending on us for their survival. But despite our resistance, there’s been a new addition to the cast of characters...
In my little red journal, sitting beside the campfire, I scribbled… “I promise to love you and support your dreams. And maybe someday, if you’re lucky, I might reconsider my vegetarianism and eat some of your home grown meats.” I knew this would make Greg...
Ruby had her piglets this week, just a few hours before Farm Store started on Sunday. We happened upon them during morning chores – momma resting on her side, the piglets nestled beside her, with 2 hefty portions of placenta plopped on the ground nearby. As...
Before we became farmers, we took a trip to Utah and hiked around Zion National Park for a week. To stay on budget, we went in the off season and brought a camp-stove along so we could make most of our meals on the porch of our little hotel room (YES, this was...
Leaving my backpack in my Dad’s car overnight didn’t strike me as a stupid thing to do back then. But it was, because later that evening, my Dad did what he’d done many times before and took the car to fill up the little gas can we’d use for the lawn mower...
