Gratitude acres
Living outside the box
Valais Blacknose Sheep
This is Dawson, our 100% pure Valais Blacknose ram lamb, born 2/24/22. Our F2 Carolina, born 20201. We are thrilled with how well marked our breed up- lambs look. Carolina has all the correct markings. She was retained for our own breed up program,…
Our Pigs
We have Mesihans, Mangalitsas and Tamworth pure bread pigs that we use as foundation stock for our mixed litters. The Meishan is listed as critically on the Livestock Conservancy list and we are honored to be working with the breed, promoting its virtues and…
The Midlife Farmer
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First comes pigs, then comes……RATS!!!
The saying that someone “eats like a pig” makes perfect sense once you have heard a pig munch on something. They smack.. loudly! Although it’s adorable in the pig pen, it’s not quite as adorable at the dinner table. They also make a mess…
Slightly Crazy
I don’t think it matters who you are, life will inevitably turn crazy at some times. At the present, I think much of the world is crazy in it’s own way. I’m heart broken over the war Putin is waging, and scared about how…
Taking the plunge, again and again!
Starting a farm is hard. Starting a Valais Blacknose Breed Up Program AND a farm is even harder! There is a steep learning curve to go from non-farmers to having sheep, pigs and chickens. And there are a LOT of things you need to…
Lambing season
I should probably call it lambing weekend, not season, but since I had one that was bread almost 2 months later I’m still calling it season! Since we are AI:ing (artificially inseminating) we have the luxury of being able to pretty much pinpoint when…
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