Well, the calves are coming in nicely and I am approaching my halfway point. The weather has been amazing and it sure seems to make for a less anxious walk to the barn hoping that you didn’t miss someone calving and find a very cold surprise. I’ve had a couple […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
I ended up with 12 calves last week, and they seemed to enjoy the colder weather. Luckily, I ended up making an extra calving pen in the barn since I could see the weather was going to turn and I had a fair number of cows very close. It looks […]
My first “baby” arrived over the weekend so now things have started. I have a fair number of cows very close to calving, so all you can do is keep a close eye on them. I do find myself almost nervous at the beginning—it’s like you forget what it’s all […]
Well, we now have the long month of January in and we really had some pretty fair weather. I always remember Nanny saying, “January is such a long cold month; it’s good to have it behind you!” Bud and Charlie (my great-uncles) always made note that once you hit February, […]
Monday was the day I decided to move my cows into the winter yard. I’m about three weeks from calving, but I also get nervous at this time thinking that someone could decide to calve early. Of course, since I have a few friends who are getting calves, and have […]
Well, it feels like calving since my little Roxee doesn’t sleep through the night yet. I thought I would try keeping her from getting spoiled but I’ve found that she will sleep longer and later if I take her to bed with me (I don’t do this all the time—only […]
My boyfriend/partner and I ventured off to Warren, Mn. to pick up my new best friend. “Roxee,” my new black Lab, has now joined farm life here north of Emo. She is very tiny and once again I find myself carrying her because, #1, she is cute and cuddly, #2 […]
Happy New Year to everyone! In many ways, I’m glad to see 2011 behind us. But I’m always cautious in complaining too much because I know things always could be much worse. I wasn’t able to stay awake long enough to ring in 2012 but I trust there were plenty […]
I don’t normally wish time away but I’m looking forward to 2012. It seems the end of 2011 is not going to go down in history as a great time for me. First, my dog died. Then on the weekend, my youngest Hereford bull died and then later my washing […]
Wow, time certainly is ticking away quickly now and I have very little Christmas shopping done yet. Shopping is not my thing. It’s not that I’m cheap. I just don’t enjoy shopping and find no one truly needs much, so you tend to buy just to buy and that’s no […]
Thank you to everyone for all the nice notes, cards, and gifts in memory of “Karma.” I still feel very lost and lonely, but it certainly made me feel good knowing how many people saw how much she meant to me and what a good dog she was. In the […]
I had a crazy week of organizing the sale of five of my purebred Hereford heifers. They left Sunday for Russia (yes, Russia) before heading to Kazakhstan. They will be quarantined near Toronto for 30 days, then they will fly from there (the plane holds nearly 200 head). We met […]
