The Cow Taxi (our big pickup with stock trailer) has been busy shuttling cattle this week. I felt like a Soccer Mom delivering these cows to this field and those to another. Miles Smith Farm now has three active off-farm … Continue reading →
Matchmaker strives for well-bred calves It’s July. Time to relax at Wallis Sands Beach with a good book and cooler full of lemonade and grass-fed roast beef sandwiches. It’s time to wiggle toes in warm sand and watch seagulls scavenge … Continue reading →
Dogs greet each other as babies sleep in strollers while their parents buy fresh lettuce, green beans, and cucumbers, along with local meat at the Concord Farmers Market, one of the oldest in the state. It’s on shaded Capitol Street … Continue reading →
Cows Say: Hooray for Human Hands! Do you think cows like to be hugged? Mine do! My shaggy Scottish Highlanders were literally bred for it. That is to say, on Miles Smith Farm any people-haters don’t remain in the gene … Continue reading →
Hilton, a Scottish Highlander steer, goes for the “Petite Blue” rather than the blueberry “must” (spent berries) used by Hermit Woods Winery to make the wine. Steve, a Scottish Highlander yearling, tries to sample the wine by Hermit Woods Winery … Continue reading →
“When Pig’s Fly, Anything is Possible” $100 prize to the winner from each group Winning entries will be showcased in the 2019 Balloon Rally Program! Youth in the following age groups are eligible to participate: Drawing Contest: Kindergarten to 3rd … Continue reading →
HTML clipboard The Pittsfield Players will stage the very funny, laugh a minute comedy Mama Won’t Fly at the Scenic Theatre, 6 Depot St., Pittsfield, NH on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 10, 11 and 12, and again on Friday … Continue reading →
Three of the 15 calves we expect this year have been born. Star gave birth to a Highlander heifer named Rain on April 11 at 7 a.m, Alice on April 26 at 5pm, and Sarah on April 28 at 7pm. … Continue reading →
How to speak Moo-lishWhile humans have words to express our feelings, a cow’s vocabulary is also extensive. Mooing is one way bovines “talk.” You might think that one moo fits-all but not so. The soft chortle-moo of a mother talking … Continue reading →
Rudy-dillo, a plush armadillo we adopted in San Antonio, rides a thoroughbred foal statue. Triple-Crown winner, Secretariat’s statue is in the background at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Rudy-dillo gazes at Man o’ War’s life size statue at the … Continue reading →
