"It's all gone. The garage is gone."I was 3 hours away on a 2 day trip flying puppies for my puppy business, planning on coming home that afternoon. Tuesday, June 16th, early morning a fight broke out in the hallway of my hotel that was across the street from the Minneapolis-St.Paul Airport. I called my husband, he didn't answer. I nervously watched pushing, shoving, name calling, door slamming right outside my door wanting so bad to load up and leave but feared what danger this would expose me … [Read more...] about Fire on the Homestead
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How to Milk a Cow
This is either going to make you quit drinking milk or buy a cow.This is Barley, our 2nd milk cow on the homestead. She is 5 years old- a 3rd time calving Jersey cow. After milking our first cow, Brie I'm growing to love the challenge of identifying what each cows quirks and preferences are for milking. Brie was very spoiled, demanded grain in her face thee entire time. If you took too long she would kick the bucket. Barley is a pain to move, it's all that hornage, horning up into my back. It'll … [Read more...] about How to Milk a Cow
MEET BARLEY
Getting a new teat job.We had our first milk cow Brie for almost a year. I was SO obsessed with her- such a honey. Great with kids. Deep brown baby fawn eyes. What can I say, I have the hots for blonde bovine. Unfortunately...she ended up being open. Open- means the cow is not pregnant, open uterus & open for bullish business if you know what I mean. I get this question quite a bit- "Do cows always have milk?" The answer is no...just like humans and other mammals, our bodies produce milk to … [Read more...] about MEET BARLEY