I’m crossing my fingers that we don’t get the amount of rain they’re currently predicting on my weather apps. Thankfully there is still some frost so when you are feeding cows, you are not sinking out of sight—but that will happen soon enough. I understand it is going to cool […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
I’m sure no one is complaining about these spring-like days and I’m not, either, except I worry that we will pay for it later–when we truly should be getting the spring-like days. Though I wasn’t born for the “Spring of ’66,” I’ve heard many times about the amount of snow […]
Well, it was a busy week of calves for me! I was just steady moving cattle in and out, and thankfully it was decent temperatures, so it was easier to put calves outside much more quickly than what I sometimes do. Things were going pretty good, and I planned to […]
Thankfully the rain showers have left us. What a mess! I think we all can agree we certainly don’t need that kind of weather at this time of year. I easily could skate right out to the barn and it actually might be safer than trying to walk. Then again, […]
I was lucky to spend Family Day with Maddie, Marlee, and cows calving! The timing was perfect since two of Maddie’s cows calved and so did one of Marlee’s. So they got to experience a whole lot of stuff first-hand. The day before, we had a heifer (first-time momma) calve […]
Congratulations to Joe Bodnar, who agreed to take on the position of president of the Rainy River District 4-H Leaders’ Association at its annual meeting over the weekend. It was great to see a few new faces take over some of the committees with this group. Like we say over […]
Well, the long month of January is behind us! Unfortunately, I missed most of it due to not feeling well. I have improved but still not myself—and still very short of air. Not sure what I’ve got going on but I will be back in to see the doctor this […]
This mild weather is pleasantly welcomed—at least by me. I was hoping to get my cows moved into the yard earlier this week. My calving start date it supposed to be around Feb. 11, but plus or minus 10 days, so I feel more comfortable having them closer now. I’m […]
I finally started to feel a bit better on Monday. I vacuumed and even though I feel like I ran a marathon, I got rid of a lot of dog hair. I’m getting further behind that I planned for 2016 but I’m not going to complain because at least my […]
As we all expected, the cold weather finally has found us—though it sounds like we still are better off than many other places, with heavy wind gusts hitting much of southern Ontario again. Northern Ontario did make the news with the failure of the bridge over the Nipigon River. I […]
Most times I can sit down at my computer and have no problem writing you a story about life here north of Emo or the current events of the Emo Agricultural Research Station. But I’m still struggling with what I should be doing, saying, or writing. With the sudden loss […]
I debated heavily on writing a “Moos” this week, but then remembered how much Nanny waited for Thursday as it was delivery day of “The Big Paper!” It wasn’t that she longed to read the “Moos” but the “big paper” was her source of current local news and events that […]
