Fall Turkeys

I know it is nowhere close to Thanksgiving, but we are having a turkey dinner today. It has been awhile since we had one & we figured, why not! Will, Cristian & the kids went out to the pen, picked one out, slaughtered it, scalded it,plucked & cleaned it. Now it’s in the oven &… » read more

Merry Christmas 2010

I hope everyone had a great holiday. Ours was really nice. Every year we tell ourselves we will start our shopping way early in the year. We have 7 children & we always do it in the last 2-3 weeks before Christmas. This year was no different.
My Mom always told me that for her Christmas… » read more

The woodsman…

It never ceases to amaze me, the ability of the younger generation to pick things up that seem, in recollection, to take me forever to learn sometimes.
Cristian has a knack for the outdoors like nobody else. No matter what the subject, be it hunting, fishing, trapping, trailing, or woodscraft, the boy displays an amazing ability to understand things… » read more

Pig Mansion

Over the summer our two hogs, Stumpy & Ham, tore their whole house down. Granted, it was a not very well built house, some 2×4s & plywood. The weather is starting to get cooler here so we decided we better get a new house up. We did it right this time.
First off, we did… » read more

Fancy That

After a year of waiting, my horses are here! Our friend Billy had asked me last year if I wanted a Tennessee Walker mare he had, along with her foal. I said, yes-of course. We have 3 miniatures, but they are only a bit over 4 feet tall. I wanted a horse I could ride.
He… » read more

An Inspiring email sent to me and now shared…

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”-Phil. 4:13 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal… » read more

Just a quick update on life here.

Not a whole lot going on, an employment change, and a few mishaps is about it. The company I worked fulltime for the past few years just shut down, so Steve Gerencser and I have decided to hang our own shingle out again. You can see the new business website at http://www.seo-shop.com.
All the Kids… » read more

I’m an Uncle?!?

Ok, I had the bomb of a lifetime dropped on me last night. My brother Chris called to let me know he had JUST found out he has a 19 year old son. I am still in the “WOW” stage of comprehension.
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More on Thanksgiving and Chris’s visit.

My younger brother Chris came to the farm this thanksgiving season and learned he will always be a city boy at heart. He did love some of the activities we have here at times such as getting new livestock and having to catch it to load it, chasing and catching chickens while singing the Rocky… » read more

Food, Inc. The movie

Personally, I think this video should be on every agrarians blog, website, or whatever you have available. The word should be spread.

Big Ag surely is not going to tell people the truth about their products, so why not do it… » read more

New Beginnings 2009

Well, all the corn we planted this past week is sprouting quite well already, both the sweet corn and the feed corn. We should have a pretty decent harvest from all that this year. Jaimes garden is getting absolutely green, and I am sure she will be posting pictures as soon as her eye is… » read more