Productive Day!

Well yesterday was quite a productive day, if I do say so myself! The prior morning there had been an issue with the heat lamps on the baby pot-belly pigs. Fortunately, it wasn't a cold morning here. But yesterday it was quite chilly.  I was glad to see that the pigs were warm and cozy under their heat lamps. After feeding the pigs, I had several errands to run in town. I like to accomplish as much as possible in one trip. I do not like going to town day after day. I like getting it all done in one day (and only one day of putting on makeup haha). I went to the feed store and bought loose minerals for the cows. We have a liquid protein feeder and the loose minerals and salt block compliment the protein. After that, I headed to the Farm Service Agency to register our wheat that my husband planted when he was home. Then on to Tractor Supply Company (one of my favorite stores) for pot-belly pig feed. They don't always have it at our local feed store. Then the day was filled with watering my fall garden, more checking and feeding pigs, putting out the loose minerals, checking cows, feeding goats, feeding the donkey.......followed by a nice glass of wine on the back porch in the late evening. All in all, it was a great day.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/

Pecans!

Our pastures are full of big old pecan trees and this year they are loaded! Won't be long till I'll be taking a bucket with me every time I check cows so that I can pick up pecans! (I'll have to work fast to beat the squirrels!)

Love our Cattle!

I absolutely love checking the cows everyday. Driving through the pastures in the Ranger and counting the cows, watching the calves, enjoying the peacefulness of it all. There's nothing like it.

Fall Garden!

My fall garden (container garden) is off and running! Or maybe I should say, "up and growing!"
I planted spinach, radishes, chives, leeks, brussel sprouts, zucchini squash, and kale (all from seed). I've repurposed some old galvanized water troughs from the farm.....a total of three.....and they work great for small gardening. Here's my first harvest of kale!

Cutest Piggies Everrrrrr

I could just sit at the pig pen all day and watch these little cuties play. They're three weeks old today!

And here's another one that I posted to my YouTube channel

A New Baby!

One of our new Angus cows just had this precious little baby that I found hiding in the pasture today!

Our First Bronze Trophy!

This beauty, Annabelle's Ace CB, won us our first bronze trophy! She was entered in the TLBAA Horn Showcase in Lawton, OK and won her class for tip to tip measurement!

http://www.hartscreekcattlecompany.com