I know I’ve said this before, but Holy cow does time fly! I cant believe it’s been months since I was on here last. Let’s get right to it, shall we? There’s a lot to tell you!

In February or so we sent the last two pigs to freezer camp. We had a polar vortex coming and honestly it was just more humane to butcher them then as opposed to trying to keep them warm during that bitterly cold weather. Now our freezers are full with pork and chicken, and we decided to wait a year before we get more pigs like that.

Kidding season came in like a whirlwind on our farm. We ended up with ten healthy, lively kids. We lost some which was super sad, but unfortunately that happens. Hopefully next year will be better. In the meantime, we’ll milk, make cheese, butter, and all things dairy.

This year we decided to try our hand at growing sweet corn. By that I dont mean just a couple plants, more like a couple of acres. We got off to a rough start as the tractor decided to die right as it was time to plant the first acre. That acre ended up being planted by hand. Shortly after, we took it to the shop to get fixed so that the other two acres would be planted by tractor instead.

Our barn is coming along, same as the house, however we’re at standstill with the price of lumber sky high. As much as we would love to make progress on both structures, it makes more sense to wait until prices come down some. Hopefully that happens soon.

Well I think that about covers it for now. Theres so much more thats gone on, but I’ll save that for another post.

Stay happy and healthy 😊