After a 10-day getaway in New York and New Jersey, I was glad to get home to the farm. While I was away, husband Bruce and industrious farm workers Diane Hersey and Matt Roach fed the cattle, kept water troughs free of ice, and checked twice a day for.
Sometimes, when I’m not looking, a miracle sneaks up on me. I’m not talking about the supernatural kind of miracles but about the super-wonderful kind.The blanket of white stuff decorated the farm and turned the brown earth into a Christmas showcase..
After months of preparation and a three-hour drive to Woods Hole, Mass., we finally drove our truck and trailer, with four bovines and one donkey, onto the ferry for a 45-minute boat ride to Martha’s Vineyard for its 160th Agricultural Fair. This year.
The cows are grazing on an abundance of fall grass, two calves were recently born, and some of our livestock have been blessed. On Oct. 4, in celebration of St. Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day, goats Dixie and Pixie were blessed by the Rev. Charles.