
Revenge of the Goats
Context is an important thing. And the context for this story is the ongoing war between myself, and my wife’s dairy goats. Now don’t get me wrong – they are cute, they have personality, all traits that endears these goats to my wife’s heart. But, they are also always getting into someplace they shouldn’t be, finding the invisible holes in fences (or just jumping them altogether), or my favorite pet peeve… when it turns into feeding time turning into brainless goblins with on

Kentucky Meadows Meanderings - Persistence
Welcome to our Farm, and to our Blog. My wife (Terri) and I (Ed) are in our first year of farming together. It’s a part time endeavor, we both have day jobs which pay the bills and keeps the farm going. But it’s something we both really love. I grew up on a farm (dairy and beef cattle) so this is like coming home for me, although it’s my first time sheep farming! So we are learning, doing some things right, making some mistakes, but trying to have fun through all of it! We ar

My Chickens Eat 'Crack'
Now, before I get too far into this blog, it’s important to realize that the chickens are not really mine – they are my wife’s chickens. And each chicken has a name… well, almost every chicken. One of our Rhode Island Reds is named Lucy, the other three are all named Ethel because we can’t tell them apart! So, we have these 20 some-odd chickens running around, with names, who are living a happy, pretty non-eventful life until the day my wife brought home some chicken scratc