I’m hoping you all enjoyed a great Easter weekend—and that the Easter Bunny found his way to your house! Our own Easter Bunny (“Brownee”) made his way to the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market in Fort Frances on Saturday for a picture-taking session with MA Photography and a bunch of cute […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
Hard to believe we are already at the end of March! Time certainly does fly by, and with the weather being rather decent, it certainly has everyone thinking about spring and all the jobs that go along with that. I opened up the Emo Ag Research Station (EARS) today, am […]
This is my last week as a full-time farmer, so I have a long list of things that I would like to accomplish. I’m mostly looking forward to having a pay cheque once again but I do dread the rush—rush that seems to happen when you are working, farming, and […]
It’s hard to believe that last year at this time, we still were experiencing minus-40 C conditions. However, I’m nervous about feeling too excited about spring. I’m afraid we could get a nasty reminder of winter from Mother Nature. If you’ve been listening to news reports, the poor people of […]
I bet everyone is welcoming this weather! The sunshine is great and makes us all feel alive again (or, like a cat, we could just curl up in the sun and sleep). I still have 10 cows to calve and I was hoping to have most of them done by […]
Well, I find comfort that March has arrived! I know it can be a miserable month for weather but at least it should be our last one of the winter. The sun is shining brightly when we see it and the days slowly are getting longer. • • • I’m […]
As a kid, we started calving pretty much any time after Christmas! In fact, I think we had a calf or two on Christmas Day. I have never forgotten the long month of January that Nanny always dreaded. It was the longest month, and it was cold and snowy. I […]
Marlee’s heifer from Manitoba calved on Saturday and gave us a nice little heifer. Sometimes finding names are challenging but she thought “Addie” (after her BFF) would be a good choice. We have quite a few cows that are getting pretty close now, and so the fun begins of picking […]
While many were watching the Super Bowl or the Puppy Bowl on Sunday evening, I was watching the Barn Bowl! Two of the heifers I purchased last fall were calving. Three of the 5 were artificially inseminated, and two were due on Feb. 1. They made their date! The other […]
It sounds like this spell of mild January weather is nearing the end. You might want to get out in the next few days since I’m hearing colder temperatures are in store by week’s end. The positive thing about this? We have this long month behind us and it brings […]
I think we all are welcoming the milder temperatures these days, animals included. The cows are taking their time walking across the open stretch coming home for water—instead of running and shaking their heads because the wind and air was bitterly cold. The deer also are moving around—possibly because of […]
Frosty temperatures are supposed to be leaving us later this week, so I’ve decided to hold off undecorating my farm buildings for a few more days. I dread the darkness of the yard without all the Christmas lights anyway. I certainly have been noticing how we are seeing more and […]
