Category Archives: Livestock

Potting Up & Planting

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Tom

The Adickes allowed me to use one of their greenhouses to pot up my plants.  I started a lot of them.  A silly amount perhaps, but being that physically I am getting back to where I used to be, I … Continue reading →

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Playing With Food

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Tom

It is winter.  For us, it really is the time to play and enjoy food.  Last weekend Phoebe, my brother Matt & I went ice fishing.  Pulled 200+ sunnies out of the water, and a couple crappies.  Kept and ate … Continue reading →

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A Year In Pictures

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Tom

So, photos starting with last winter, up until a few weeks ago.  We lived through Christmas, I slept through the New Year, and here we are in 2015.  Hope you enjoy this look back, and stay with us through the … Continue reading →

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Cats & Pigs

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Tom

Phoebe and I went to play with friends today.  Got us out of the house on an unusually wet and warm day here in December.  Over 50 degrees.  Fog.  Mist and rain. The usual shoulder ornament was there to greet … Continue reading →

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Farm Segue

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Tom

So, started out at the Round Barn Farm Bed & Breakfast this morning down in Red Wing MN.  I got home, packed up meat cutting things, and headed to Pasture Adickes farm in Buffalo MN for the evening.  They had … Continue reading →

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To Kill A Cow

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Tom

So, this is your only warning.  If you are upset by images of dead animals, blood, etc., and you do not want to see pictures or read descriptions of dealing with DIY cow butchering, do not read through or scan … Continue reading →

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Pasture Adickes Family Farm

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Tom

If you remember, we went there this last winter. (see http://threedaughtersfarm.com/wp/?p=3784)  This time I was back for a fermenting class taught by Kelley Suggs (see her business page at http://www.lithewellnesssolutions.com/ ) which was fun, though I have done aspects of … Continue reading →

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Home Again

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Tom

Everything grew.  Patti and I are still pretty sore from the drive home, but I did finish harvesting my garlic here at home, and made a trip out to the Ness farm to see how things are out there. Now, … Continue reading →

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Last Week Of Garden Photos

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Tom

This is the last shot I took yesterday.  Patti, Violet and I took a drive out to the Ness Farm to check out the garden there.  We had rain nearly all day so things were too wet to work with, … Continue reading →

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Another Evening At The Ness Farm

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Tom

Went out in the evening, just in time to meet the mosquitoes which have emerged after this weekend’s rain, so I could get finished what I had mean to get done this past weekend.  I was for the most part … Continue reading →

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