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What a beautifu…
What a beautiful weekend and it’s almost gone!!! I worked inside all day on Saturday and this morning Eddie helped me put up three new bluebird houses. One true sign of spring for me is watching the...
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Vacation is over and what a week I had!!
My family and some friends think I’m crazy for housecleaning during my vacation! I’m not, I promise! I just love my home and like for it to be clean or at least look that way! Two weeks before my...
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Entrance to the Farm
My secret project is complete!! I’m so excited to show you my latest project. I have in the last few years developed a passion for the beautiful barn quilts I’ve seen as we’ve took drives through the...
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Farm Equipment
One of the biggest expenses we have on our farm is buying and the upkeep of the farm equipment. At this point, we have all but one piece of equipment on the farm to take care of just about anything we...
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I been sick!!
Wow, look how long it’s been since I did a post!! I want to apologize for being absent! I took a sinus infection on the 16th of September and was out of work for a whole week. I’m still only running...
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Calving season on Caldwell Farm
It is calving season on the farm now and we’ve lost three and have 22 on the ground and healthy. We usually have baby calves that weigh between 50-70 pounds at birth. Yesterday we had a first time...
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In with the new, out with old bulls!
Every few years cattle farmers have to change their breeding stock. The bulls get too big or they may throw calves that just don’t suit. This year we are sending to market our two big bulls. They’ve...
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Hay harvest slow but moving along
I wanted to share some photos my daughter took last week while helping her Dad harvest some more hay! I think they’re beautiful! It was such a beautiful day to be on the farm!Filed under:...
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Grace Has Gone to Heaven
This winter has been much, much colder than normal for Virginia, I think. I can’t remember having a whole week of negative temperatures in our area. We haven’t had an abundance of snow like I thought...
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Patience
Definition: the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset; the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face...
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Spring calving
Most of our morning was spent with our cattle, my daughter & son-in-law, and two very good friends. We had 24 calves from this herd and they all received their baby vaccinations, pinkeye and...
View ArticlePullets Doing Their Job
I have the one hen from last year that just hatched out the three babies and I won’t get any eggs from her for at least three months and I have a Buff Orpington that should hatch any day. Farming is...
View ArticleThe Work That Never Ends
The pandemic that we are witnessing is a very real reason to stay home. We stay home most all the time anyway so it hasn’t hindered our life much at all. You see, there is ALWAYS something to do on the...
View ArticleA Busy Week
What a week and thank goodness it was a cool one up until today. The garden is drying up and I’ve been scrambling to save and can as much as possible! I’ve frozen some shredded for squash pie, cubed...
View Article2021 September, October, November and December
The one biggy that I missed in August was the overhaul/revamp of our bathroom. We have a new shower and the bathroom looks fantastic. It took some time for hubby to get used to it but I love it!!! My...
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