As I was changing my cows to leave for the 4-H leaders’ annual meeting Friday night, I glanced up at the barn camera and noticed I had a heifer calving. My mom had arrived to pick me up but I told her to go on without me as I fully […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
I finally started to feel better by the end of the week and I moved my cows into the yard. They are due to calve next week but some are starting to show a lot of sign, so it is nice having them close and easy to inspect. I was […]
There hasn’t been many columns that I haven’t started off with my view on the weather. And once again, this weather is terrible. I planned to move my cattle into the calving yard but it is a giant swimming hole right now. I don’t believe this weather is healthy for […]
It looks as though we are going to have a nice week of weather. I am hoping the current forecast of rain for Saturday is wrong, but I’m certain things will change by then. It will be a great week to take down my Christmas lights. But from the stuff […]
It’s the second week of January and we already are starting to see a small change in our daylight hours! Yay! That is what I find the most difficult about winter–the dark being so long. We certainly saw a lot of snow last week and it took two days to […]
Happy New Year to everyone! It looks like we are starting it off with snow. I do recall someone telling me that the Farmer’s Almanac was calling for a “real old-fashioned winter” (i.e., lots of snow and some cold days). I guess the snow will make all the snowmobilers, skiers, […]
Many of you still will be celebrating and visiting, and perhaps because of the weather, some celebrations will be extended! Although the weather didn’t co-operate, we certainly can feel lucky because it sounds like places around us were hit harder. If your visit was extended because of the weather, enjoy […]
We are moving quickly into that final stretch before the big day! I finally got my upstairs tree up on Sunday. But as I was dragging it in from the minus-34 temperature, and the needles and branches were following off, I did think to myself, “Why do we do this […]
Emo once again hosted a wonderful weekend of “Holly Daze!” The parade was just awesome! Maddie and Marlee each brought a friend along and this year with our “dog” theme, we not only tossed out candy canes but milk bones for all the dogs watching the parade! Marlee’s friend, Ella, […]
Winter has arrived in parts of Rainy River District but we still have bare ground here in Emo. No complaints, though, as it will be great if our farm yards get some frost into them before the snow falls. I did have to spend most of Saturday getting all the […]
Here we are the middle of November and still enjoying amazing weather! I realize this will be coming to an end but we certainly have had a good run. For instance, we unrolled bales and baled them into square bales this past weekend and actually were hot. Meanwhile, I’m feeding […]
November–who would have thought this! This weather is simply amazing. But then you have the people who just have to tell you,“We will pay for this” or “This will be added on to the spring!” Let’s just be positive, enjoy it, and hope it is just as nice on the […]
