Wyoming is a place where we can get snow through mid-May - as was proven last year, so patience must be had when starting any outdoor gardening here! So, much of May was spent simply preparing. (This is

It's the truth that farming brings you closer to the circle of life from it's glorious beginning to its humble endings. It's the thing that makes you love and hate animal rearing with equal amounts of

When you homestead, you need to research before you start pretty much any project. Then you decide a course of action and implement. But then, you also have to be open to change - preferably before something

At three months of age, our chicks are fully feathered and have spent the past week or two in an unheated garage, preparing them for life outside. We gained permission to keep the chickens at my in-laws'

One of the cool things about homeschooling and 4-H is that what works for one generally works for the other. Today was one of those days. The other night, I thought about the fact that it would be fun

It's been awhile since I gave an update on the chickens. Between possible exposure to Covid and me not feeling well (seemed like soy exposure rather than Covid), we didn't get to see them for a week and

Here is a picture of our chicks on the 7th of March, then again today the 26th of March, so nearly 4 weeks later, about 5 1/2 weeks old. (They are in the same box in both pictures - waiting for their brooder

Our Chicks for 2020. Here are the seven chicks my girls picked out. We have: blue ameraucana (front right) cinnamon queen (back right) partridge (?) cochin (back center) white silkie (back left) - sadly

A Meander Through A Show Steer Auction Preview This morning my daughter and I rose early, for we had a field trip to embark on! Both of us had a spring in our step because this particular field trip involved

Farewell To The Fair The Marvelous Moo Bear It is after emerging from a three hour nap and washing and drying a whole tractor bucket full of laundry that I am finally getting back to my Steemit blog. The

Episode One:The Arrival As I lie here typing this pre-fair missive from the comfort of my 1%er trailer, I have to admit I feel a sliver of excitement. You see, the fair doesn't actually start until Wednesday,

Moo Bear Got A Hair Cut We're in the final stretch! It's only 6 days until fair!! In the last seven days I have bought a new one ton flatbed pickup, made a ridiculous amount of stall decorations, waded

Beef Show Edition Good Evening Steemlings! Let me take a moment here to shout it out, I DID IT! Way back in January when I held my first 4-H market beef meeting, I asked my beeflings what they would like

4-H Fundraiser Time! And I have been absent! Of course, this time last year I was a bit absent as I was out in Banff and Glacier National Parks, so maybe it is a late June thing! The last few days have

Scenes From The Kootenai Classic First of all: Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there:o)! Second, it be tale time, er, maybe that should be tail time. You see, today my family hopped into our trusty

A Moo Cow Pageantry Prep Informational Session Bubba Gump is such a good boy! Like many of you, I have some responsibilities in life that happened upon me in the voluntold way. One of those responsibilities