Fresh cheese and a movie
Anna and I enjoy sitting down after a long day and enjoying a glass of red wine and some goat cheese. Until recently, we were buying our goat cheese at the grocery store for $5-6 for 4oz! We have finally…
Couples therapy
For the past few months, Anna and I have missed the opportunity to take the horses on a trail ride without the kids. This is because we have been without two horses for us to ride. While the lower feed…
It’s disappointing when…
We live on a country road and have offered eggs for sale at the end of the driveway for about a year and a half. In May, we had our cooler stolen. We keep a smaller soft side cooler inside…
Home grown chickens in the freezer
In April, our Freedom Ranger meat chickens arrived on the farm (read here). Saturday morning, the first group of 23 got processed. Of the original 51, none died due to disease, however, we did lose 6 to predators (probably a…
Sometimes you have to make time
After having been sick for a week, I felt like I was way behind on farm work. But if you always do the work, you don’t have time for the kids. So this evening, Alex and Vicki collected the worms,…
Pasture maintenance in progress
Horses eat grass and leave weeds. Goats eat weeds and leave grass. A little rest from the horses is a perfect time to let the goats clean up the weeds! We recently purchased a large quantity of used Premier electronet…
More goats? Sounds good to me
To say this week has been busy is an understatement. I haven’t even had time to write about our newest goat herd additions. Last Sunday afternoon, I drove to New Hampshire to meet Cliff Parker of Longvu Lamanchas. I specifically…
Heritage Turkeys have arrived!
Since we are on the kick of raising our own food anyways, why not raise turkeys too? We placed an order back in February from another local farm that keeps Narragansett and Blue Slate hens with a Narragansett tom. As…
Sawyer Family Farm updates
Have you ever thought, “Rob and Anna always seem to be doing something new on the farm. How can I keep up with the changes?” Many people who are reading our posts are clicking in from the Facebook links. However,…
Devil’s cancer surgery
Warning: This post contains explicit details and graphic pictures of equine cancer surgery. Last summer, we got Vicki a Paint pony named Devil in Disguise (Devil). He has been absolutely fabulous with the kids and Anna uses him for teaching…