It was a great week at the Emo Agricultural Research Station with Claire and Nick! Working with summer students every year keeps me young; at least at heart. We are ready to plant but, of course, we have a tractor breakdown. Funny thing, the tractor was put away last fall […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
Congratulations to the committee that worked so hard to stage the “Gold Rush Gala” on Saturday night at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. The event was well-attended and supported by many across our district. It was great to see. I think everyone had a great time and we all hope […]
Here’s hoping the Easter Bunny found everyone and he wasn’t froze out or blown away! This weather certainly is keeping things from being too messy around the farm yard anyway, though I’m hoping things warm up for those who are going to start calving soon with little or no indoor […]
As you may have heard, Gerry Allan “caught” the ace of spades during Friday night’s weekly draw at the Emo Legion and went home with roughly $16,400! Gerry selected envelope # 8 and that is where the ace of spades was hiding for all these weeks. Although we are happy […]
Well, Monday was my official first day back at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) though I am out of town most of the week so you won’t likely catch me there until next week. Still, seed already has been coming in–which is likely the earliest I have ever seen […]
Not sure about the rest of you but I am not a huge fan of the time change. I thought at one time it was mentioned we were going to just leave the time alone-and I vote for that. I do enjoy our long sunny days and evenings but now […]
It is sounding like we are quite fortunate that we missed some of the heavy snow that many received around us over the weekend. Normally I would complain about this wind but truthfully I’m not going to because we will take the wind minus the snow. It is great that […]
My cows didn’t fail me. Two calves arrived on my due date on the 15th and as I write this, I am up to 11. Alas, it seems like many of them have been arriving during sleep hours. I was certain our “Maria” cow was going to calve on Monday […]
Everyone from southern Ontario is asking me how the winter here is going. They’re concerned because their temperatures have been fluctuating from minus-20 to plus-10 C. I replied that I’m concerned since we keep hearing this is the last of the cold snap but it is back down to minus-40. […]
We pretty much have whipped through the first month of 2018 and it sounds like we have some colder temperatures in store for us again. I have my cows all moved into the calving area now and my barn is close to being ready. I just have to get the […]
I know we all are enjoying our winter warm-up, including myself, but it does cause me some stress. Cows enjoy it, too, but they tend to enjoy it too much and I worry about them getting on their back. They are eight months’ pregnant, the snow melts underneath them, and […]
Here we are in mid-January! The dreaded long winter month already is half over. It seems like it went extra fast for me by spending one week sick and one week away. It still is pretty much Christmas at my place but if things go as planned, I will fix […]
