As I pounded through the thick ice on top of Steppin’s ( (My old best cow that we have to this day) round water tub in the minus 20 degree weather last weekend, I could not help but think back to our first winter on our farm. Today I chipped through much of the ice…
It is said you have to love farming to keep doing it and we did. It was not a job but a way of life, a ritual repeated day in day out with exciting and unexpected events both good and bad. We loved the animals and loved the land. Dick had grown up near Boston…
Today is a gift from Mother Nature. The sun is bright and strong and the small amount of snow we had is quickly melting away in tiny streams that fill me with the excitement of spring. But it is not spring, the farms in the distance are quiet, waiting for the real spring to jump…
Sara was present for many surgeries on our beloved jersey cows over the years, most of them performed by our favorite veterinarian Dr. Jack Rath. Dr. Rath, Jack, was a true blessing to us in guiding our husbandry at Amity farm. Very patient, he was a peaceful person to call for a sick animal…
This winter has been so much warmer than most, a sharp contrast to the last two extremely cold with snow. I get to walk with no snowshoes and the landscape has large areas of brown and gold field showing where usually it is all white. We have lots of snow around our house, it faces…