Weeks of preparation are paying off as Acorn is cruising quite well post-op with new total left hip.  Blind Hog is having all the fun being nurse to Acorn as well as wearing the "head farmer hat" and taking care of everything else.S...

Blind Hog and Acorn have been getting all the chores done, and even took a day off to go to KC to shop at REI and IKEA.  How else was Blind Hog going to get Acorn to sit down for 7 hrs except to drive?  Farm chores are pretty m...

Steelmeadow has joined the rest of modernity- ditching the cell phone wifi for Starlink.  Put it this way, the podcast uploaded faster than it took Acorn to type these two sentences...Goat doelings were picked up.  Blind Hog ha...

Lots getting done- barns scraped and dirt floors limed, garden just about ready to say goodnight for the winter, and the Subaru got new tires and an oil change.  A 2 hr long oil change...  Acorn says never, ever again...<...

Blind Hog and Acorn went to a guy not too far away who had a plethora of bamboo that he lets folks dig in the Fall,  FOR FREE!!!  Seven three-gallon nursery containers got loaded up with bamboo plants ranging from 12" to 48".  Ac...

A week of wood splitting, cooking, and treating a goat with hind leg paralysis.  Acorn gave the goat 30% chance of recovery at first, and danged if the nanny did not pull through.  Is almost 80% better now and for a goat whose rear ri...

Blind Hog and Acorn attended not one but TWO No Kings protests.  It was amazing and so refreshing to see so many smiling, happy people.  First in the local small town with an attendance of 78, then to a much larger rally in S...

German Extra Hardy is the variety of garlic and this was the second harvest year for heads purchased in 2023.  Obviously the variety agrees with the Ozarks' soil.Blind Hog and Acorn been doin' the usual farm chores.  F...

After ten months of planning, Blind Hog and Acorn had a great two weeks away.   Helsinki, Tallinn, Oslo and Aurland were awesome. Lots of museums, sites, friends made new and old.  Farm-sitters reported no issues and also had a relaxi...

Still no rain at the farm...  Talk about dusty dry...  Ugh...  A few odd nannies were taken to the sale barn this morning- leaves Acorn with four dairy girls and the rest of the herd is either 50%-75% Savanna, just as was planned...

It has been a hot week of home repairs and late nights....  Hot water heater, pantry sink faucet, kitchen faucet, dishwasher...  Some things were fixed, others had to be replaced...  Other than that, the house is getting a...

Cider and applesauce makin days at the farm.  The fresh cider is just wonderful and the "with the peel" applesauce super easy to make.String lights are all up on the barns, timer/dimmers installed.  As Blind Hog says, "The circ...

Springfield House deep hole filled...  Baked goods being made...  Cuttings from roses started...  Sam, Blind Hog and Acorn all got vaccinations on Wednesday- lol...  Acorn later got a hip injection on Friday and was e...

The week started hot and ended hotter...Bling Hog and Acorn ditched work for riding around in the air conditioned car, some shopping was done...Springfield house had another sewer clog, 17 days after the cleanout was put ...

Phew!  Goatlets weaned, getting fed supplemental kibble to plump them up and avoid the weaning slump so they can be sold.Then to find out a beehive was struck by lightning!Garden going bonkers...Two trees taken down, w...

Garden is booming, but then so is the grass all around the raised beds.  Acorn's ultimate solution?  MAKE MORE RAISED BEDS!Blind Hog is finding he likes working with the new Kioti, or Lil' Monkey as Acorn calls it.  Th...

Phew!  Acorn has been a schwetty puddle lately... Chores are sporadic- out for an hour then back in to recover.  Driving up to the post office is a lovely way to cool down, according to Acorn...  Driving ANYWHERE has been better ...

Hot weather is upon Steelmeadow.  The farmers are doing what work they can, early and later in the day.Golf cart "lids" working out as tractor sunshades.  The one on the Mahindra is about done. Looks pretty good.Beans, z...

Been a busy enough week...  Usual farm chores, some landscape work at the Springfield house...Miss Massey Has a new home- guy who lives about 2 miles away as the crow flies needed a tractor and voila!  Blind Hog and Acorn had j...

Busy enough week on the farm- got those bucklings sold and doelings listed for sale.  Garden is kicking in, Blind Hog has been doing yard and driveway work and even supervised and fetched so Acorn could change the shocks on the old F350.

Blind Hog and Acorn have been at it, busy enough for sure.  Biggest  accomplishment was getting the bucklings all gathered up and taken to market.  Phew!   Done and Done!Acorn had a couple physical therapy appointment...

Between fence repairs, Sam's misadventures (killing a cat and then a few days later getting stung and swelling up), working in the hot/humid weather, the farmers decided to get a new small tractor and sell Miss Massey.  A small tractor WIT...

After a fun filled week on the farm, nothing says "let's take it easy" better than attending a "No Kings" protest in a strongly Republican town. Blind Hog and Acorn were flipped the bird several times, several pro-Trump drivers kept coming back...

All 60 nannies and kids were run through the working station- tagged, vaccinated, dewormed, castrated, weighed and feet trimmed.  Took 8 hrs and several liters of water, including four breaks.  Blind Hog and Acorn almost fell...

Blind Hog and Acorn have been busy- the usual chores plus making a split from the beehive, working on the tractors, putzing about in the garden.Sam got skunked- nothing new there.