Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy farmers- fields are clipped, everything mowed and trimmed.  Let the rains begin.  Well, as long as the county road does not get washed away...Good news with the single surviving beehive- it is...

Blind Hog is clipping the fields, already "that time" again...  Early blast of summer temps at the farm, upper 80's!  he has the first three paddocks done, a couple more on the west side then he can do the two in the east.Acorn...

Acorn was complaining about lagging internet speeds and dropped cell signal, so she and Blind Hog raided up the cell phone amplifier antenna higher on the roof- moving it to the peak as well as puttin git on a 10' mast.  Already speeds hav...

May get down to the upper 30's at the farm tonight- Acorn holding off to plant the tomatoes after this last cold snap.Snakey-gosling of last week only lived a couple days- figuring it might have been an infection from the snake ...

Gosling saved from being a black snake's lunch (much drama ensued); rhubarb pie, asparagus and lettuce feeding the farmers for lunch.The first nice morel of the Spring found- Acorn talked to some mushroom hunters and they also thought it...

Rain is back and well needed- that last deluge all ran off.  Still no morels found but Acorn did see asparagus in the garden today!5 lil' honkers off to their new home, more eggs in the incubator and some still under an actual goose...

Three goslings hatched so far, another has pipped.  Two males, one female.  They are just so stinkin' cute.Blind Hog sold all his pottery equipment, tools and materials to a newbie from northern Missouri.  She and her husb...

Finally got the rain, and as of this writing, Acorn reports 5.38" which is in the 5-7" rain in the forecast.  During the first round, Acorn noticed flapping sheet metal on the old goat barn rood- during a "window of opportunity" Blind Hog ...

Talk about a busy week... Gardening... Kidding... Wood splitting... Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy.Goat #494 "Poe" showed up looking like she had kidded, but no kid. It took 2 more days before she showed up with the wee bair...

Weeklong wildfires to the south of the farm- Acorn's throat is none too happy.  Smoke haze thick at times, hills looking right blue.Purple martins beginning to hang around- will need to get the gourds up soon.  Watercres...

Fields are now mowed down- ready for the spring growth surge as Blind Hog and Miss Massey have everything brush hogged nice and level.Acorn has been milking and making skyr.  Baking the sourdough bread.Goose eggs in the incub...

Wellll, Acorn has Blind Hog's sinus crud...  Started as viral, is now bacterial.  Ugh...  No rest for the midwife, and the last big rush of kidding got completed.  Just a few stragglers now to go over the next few w...

Blind Hog has a cold...  Or the flu...  Not sure, but it ain't Covid.  Had a low temp of 100.2°F today, coughing, drainage, overall malaise...  Acorn has a scratchy throat but thinks it is elm pollen......

Blind Hog and Acorn survived the record lows as well as the snow.  Thankfully the 12-16" threatened were just that- a threat.  4" was plenty.Barns are being prepared for the next round of kidding.  Pantry items ...

Blind Hog helped neighbor set out hay bales  at noon while Acorn cleaned house like a whirling Dervish.  Getting all kinds of chores done before Tuesday's expected snowfall.Great Weekend Bird Count is on- Acorn spotted 14 speci...

Another cleaning of the dairy barn, having funs with sourdoughs, getting ready for another Icy Blast of Winter.  The fun never ends...Acorn bought a 50 lb bag of hard red winter wheat to grind for flour.  Little Red He...

Chinese New Year, the Wood Snake. Wheeeee!  Dragon has been replaced with Snake, and so the New Year begins.Weather most temperate, Super Bowl teams set.Fodder experiment has mixed results- geese given the first tray and they...

Blind Hog and Acorn have thawed out, round one of kidding is completed, and it actually got into the 50's...  Who knew?January Resolutions have been upheld for the first 3 weeks- amaze!  Will this be the year of better health ...

Time for second winter.  Preparations made for a sub-zero front and Blind Hog and Acorn are ready to hunker in.  Livestock and pets all taken care of, now to see if "that one goat" can hold off kidding until Thursday, if she ...

Six inches of the white stuff has covered SteelMeadow Farm.  Is very fluffy, with just a bit of ice on the ground underneath.  Doubt it will stick around long and actually the geese and goats would prefer it go ahead and melt on off.<...

Blind Hog and Acorn about have chores done before the "winter event" arrives tonight.  Goat barns prepped, goosey hut covered and fluffed with clean pine shavings.Fingers crossed the ice stays to the north.Acorn found out w...

Blind Hog and Acorn had a very quiet Christmas since the kiddos were doing their own visitations. Acorn cooked up a delicious rib roast with veggies underneath, baked up some Yorkshire puddings with all but leapt out of their pan.  Totally...

Kidding Round One has wrapped up, just one more to go but not for a couple more weeks.  #450 finally had her twins the other evening- luckily the baby monitor picked up the kids squealing as she birthed them in radio silence.Put ha...

Seven kids on the ground, but we lost one due to being squashed at 4 days old by its nanny.  Is not the first time, not will it be the last.Along with kidding going on, new solar lights installed on the goat sheds, outside the old ...

Busy enough week for Blind Hog and Acorn... Oil change, appointments, errands, trip to KC and coming home with a new gander to be the mate of Miss Priss.  Blind Hog said it made Acorn sound a bit like a matchmaker...  Goosey matchmake...