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Mostly Okay
Kids are here. They arrived on Monday night actually. I’ve been waiting to write this post for a couple reasons. First off, things have been busy and photographing/writing about kids hasn’t been my...
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Pastured Laying Hens and Lots of Eggs at Provenance Farm
Have you seen that Portlandia clip where the über sensitive restaurant goers ask way too many questions about the origin of the chicken on the menu? It’s absurd, right? Except, as Rachel Prickett,...
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Goat Kid Update
Okay, where did we leave off? One stillborn goat baby, one kid with white muscle disease, and ongoing issues with rejection by mama. Well, things are better by now, but still kinda complicated. Bow’s...
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Milking Season 2013
My 2013 milking season is shaping up to be somewhat different that the past six years of milking goats. It’s been complicated by a few different factors, but mainly a little goat creature named Bow. My...
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Vaccinating and Castrating Boer Goats with Delbert Kessi
Harlan, Oregon with it’s forested hills and vibrant green pastures is one of the prettier places on this earth. In the first half of the 20th century, this area was a major producer of angora (goat)...
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The Chicken Situation, currently
Earlier this spring, our flock of about a dozen laying hens was doing just fine, puttering around in a fenced enclosure/future garden space. Then one day when I went out to milk my goat, there was a...
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Pastured Thanksgiving Turkeys at Provenance Farm
This morning, Charlotte and I stopped by Provenance Farm (now coexisting with Hemphill Angus) to visit our friend Rachel Prickett and her turkeys. Have you ever been surrounded by 170 highly vocal,...
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{this moment}
{this moment} A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, moment. ~ Amanda Soule **inspired by Soule Mama’s (and Erin of Floret‘s) Friday...
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the end of an era
I’ve come to a realization that in order to maintain a level of sanity and scheduling stability, I have to regularly let go of hobbies and commitments that take up significant amounts of time. About a...
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Red Ranger Chickens for Crew Lunch at Gathering Together Farm
My friend Lisa Hargest (you may have seen her in this post) came over for dinner a while back, and we got to talking about the state of things at Gathering Together Farm, the place where Henry and I...
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