It is a rare occurrence that I am out in the (very rundown) pasture at the same time as the children but it just so happened I was there a couple of weeks ago to capture something I didn’t even know was happening.
I was out there helping Stewart and happened to have my camera and Abram happened to not realize that last fact. I am sure if he had it would have never been caught in a photo. But I am very thankful it was.
Last week Stewart put up a car gate and two homemade walking gates and thereby completed the fencing of the pasture. If you walk around the property you’ll find homemade gates on the pasture, the original two acres, the chicken field, and the pallet garden. I only mention that because I am kind of a sucker…
I have read from those much further along in the agrarian journey than I that there is no such thing as too much food. This is the answer given when we all ask the inevitable “How much food should we be raising?“. The answer’s indefinite nature appeals to me and our general agrarian philosophy – just…
In preparation for milking Mabel, Stewart divided the barn into two sides. One side holds Mabel’s stall and the stanchion Stewart built for her along with a corner for feed and tools. The “other” side contains three goat stalls and a goat milking stand. A couple of weeks ago we coaxed Stanley, Mabel’s calf, into…
I am happy to bring you this guest post from author Kate Downham from The Nourishing Hearth Fire. Kate has a new book all about Backyard Dairy Goats that will help you with every aspect of raising goats naturally. From feeding and care to recipes and information on using all of that goat milk goodness….
Do you guys remember the day we accidentally started raising hogs? Well, in the end I’m not sure if I gave you the update about how we did end up eating two of them but all of them escaped from the fence at one time or another and that is how they met their demise….
All photos courtesy Kate Downham of The Nourishing Hearthfire. Many aspiring homesteaders dream of a dairy cow grazing contentedly on lush pasture, giving generous amounts of nourishing milk, and all the cream, butter, and cheese that can be made from it. To get to this point is a lot more complicated than dreaming, and one…
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I do so enjoy your pictures and writings. Your family is growing so fast, it is hard to realize that you will have teens coming along. The pictures of Abram and his steer are awesome. You all are building a lot of precious memories each and every day. I am blessed that I have been able to capture so much of our lives in pictures. They are something to treasure. Blessings to you all.
Martha – Oh dear, I had not even thought of the fact that these boys will, Lord willing, be teenagers in a few years. They are just about to turn ten and twelve respectively so I will keep telling myself it is a ways off before they grow up.
Precious!!
What a sweet photo. Thanks for sharing.☺
Oh…. my heart! What an amazing set of pictures. I bet your mama heart smiled so much catching these!!
Melonie – Yes, exactly! Abram is our most introverted introvert so getting any natural pictures of him is tough, making this especially exciting.
Beautiful photos! Precious and unique communication between the 2 of them. <3 <3 <3