November 19, 2010 – 1:05 pm
Note: I have learned much about all areas of life from things here on the farm the last five or six years. Things that I probably would never have learned if we did not have a pasture based farm. This article shares some things that I have observed, learned, and that have been rolling around [...]
November 1, 2010 – 10:45 pm
We do not do everything just like everyone else does, as many of you have observed by now. That is true not only with our farming methods but other areas of our life as well. About a year ago I felt God directing us to build a small studio for each of our children where [...]
September 7, 2010 – 7:19 am
Our farm is more than just a farm. It is a school where each member of our family is learning important lessons in life. The phrase “school of hard knocks” is an old saying used to describe lessons learned from life’s experiences as opposed to academic or college education. It is the hard knocks or [...]
Raw milk is a much more valuable substance than what most people realize. Everything that we have fed it to has become more healthy. Our family consumes about 7 to 10 gallons of the stuff a week. The yogurt that we make with it is usually mild and not very tart. We noticed a difference [...]
Fox News did a special report on the Maryland State Park Curatorship program last week. Our house was one of the featured houses. The state park system has about 200 houses that were acquired as part of land acquisitions. Many of these houses are historic and the park system does not have the finances to [...]
Cathy and the children just returned from visiting Grandma in Kansas. A highlight of their trip was visiting Little House on the Prairie. The children were surprised how small the house was. Melody has enjoyed reading the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She drew a diagram of the cabin and what was in [...]
Our son, Joel, grinding organic corn for the chickens. The corn is ground fresh each morning. About 50% of the vitamins are lost in the first 10 hours after a grain is cracked, and almost all of the vitamins are lost within 72 hours. The corn is mixed with a protein, mineral, and vitamin concentrate [...]
March 16, 2010 – 10:15 pm
We survived a very snowy winter. All the snow added a lot of extra work here on the farm and it prevented us from getting a lot of other work done outside that we had hoped to get done this winter. However, in spite of all the cold and snow, the hens and the animals [...]
March 16, 2010 – 10:15 pm
This year was the first time that our road was flooded by the Monocacy River since we moved here three and a half years ago. The road flooded slightly once earlier this year during the night and receded again in time for people to go to work the next morning. This time, we were flooded [...]
August 11, 2009 – 5:00 pm
Over the past number of years we have changed the type of foods that we eat as a family. We used to try to buy the cheapest food, thinking that nutritionally, all food was basically the same. That is probably more true than what most realize if you are talking about grocery store food. However, [...]
