You are stronger than you know When I was about 7, I stepped on a nail while I was running outside. Wearing sandals, my foot didn’t stand a chance and the nail went right through it. I screamed and my dad came over, picked me up, carried me to his truck and held my...
What Does Agriculture Mean to Me? It’s dirt. It’s blood. It’s tears and sweat. It’s dirty hands and long days and nights. It’s disease. It’s death and then it’s life. It’s beautiful. It’s the feel of crisp air in the morning, the smell of fresh dirt in the spring and...
Huddled around the kitchen table on this cold, snowy morning, our farm family is making plans. Not warm holiday plans or upcoming spring seeding plans but harvest plans. Harvest plans that have changed countless of times because we’re trying to do everything we can...
Summer School. Now that we’ve moved closer to the farm and my office view consists of a barley field, the boys and I have spent a lot of time together this summer which has been a welcomed and great change. For both them and me. Everyday we’ve had summer school. ...
I`m in quite a Moo-d. An excited mood! Last month I got the opportunity to cross something off my bucket list. I got to milk a cow. To some of you that might not be a big deal, you may milk cows every day or are simply not interested. To me, any opportunity to get...
Matt and I lived within two worlds, the city and the farm. I used to think it was the best of two worlds. We enjoyed the conveniences of the city and the quietness and peacefulness of the farm. To be honest, I never had any dreams or aspirations of being involved in...
What do grain farmers do on rainy days or when it's too wet to be out in the field We got over 2 inches of rain this past weekend so we had a few things to catch up on........? Hope you like this new video my family and I put together. https://youtu.be/gU2Ly5fDn3A
Matt and I have been very fortunate to have gone to Maui a few times. We are also super lucky to have gone there twice with kids...and babies. We really love Maui. It's our happy place other than the farm. The ocean, beach, whales, views, food, smells....the list goes...