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I finally have all of my veggies in the garden. Hooray! I definitely feel a sense of accomplishment. Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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05/16/2013 08:30.53 AM
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We weighed the twins and they were 86 and 92 pounds! Those are pretty heavy weight for single calves and momma managed to raise up two of those in her belly! Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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05/08/2013 07:54.45 AM
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One of my momma shorthorn cows had twin heifer calves this weekend! I am ecstatic! Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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05/06/2013 12:51.55 PM
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Looking for an easier way to trim the hooves of smaller goats like pygmy goats or Nigerian dwarves when you don't have a milking stand? Put them up on something sturdy and about waist height while trimming. I put them on our tack box and stand beside it. Your back will thank you later, trust me! Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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05/02/2013 01:37.14 PM
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A bathtub is the perfect brooder for messy ducklings. Line the entire tub with shelf liner for traction, then put some shavings for bedding at the end farthest from the drain. Put their water near the drain. All the water they splash will drain right out and you can lift the shelf liner and mess right out and rinse the tub when it is time to clean it up. It is by farm my favorite way to raise ducks! Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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04/30/2013 12:51.17 PM
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Putting off butchering your own chickens solely because you don't want to have to pluck all those feathers? Skin them instead. You have to cook them more carefully to keep them from being dry, but it speeds the process up tremendously. Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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04/29/2013 08:11.58 AM
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Today we got a new bag to hang up with fly powder for our cows. The bull we got a few weeks ago decided it was an enemy and butted it until we couldn't see him in the white cloud, all in the span of the 60 seconds it took to get out there and get it away from him. Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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04/28/2013 07:12.08 PM
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I sometimes stop and listen to the sounds, smell the smells, and just enjoy the moment when all is as it should be in the barn. It makes me feel at home and takes me back to every happy moment I had as a child playing in the barn. Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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04/23/2013 12:40.16 PM
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I have eliminated so many store bought things and replaced them with healthy, homemade alternatives, but I am struggling with snacks. Are homemade crackers really worth the extra effort? Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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04/16/2013 09:22.16 AM
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My vet and I are on a first name basis... and I do not see her other than vet calls. I think I have too many animals. Boy, am I glad these visits are at least tax deductible. Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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04/11/2013 01:49.04 PM
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My 11 lb. dachshund is somehow viewed by my cows as a bigger threat than any of our border collies. How is that possible? Is it because they think a giant rat is nipping at their toes? Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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04/08/2013 12:02.50 PM
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Anyone who can argue than animals don't have feelings has never spent more than 5 minutes with one. Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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04/03/2013 09:41.27 AM
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Got a bull today for Scarlet, my favorite red shorthorn cow who didn't want to be AIed the other day. Let's hope the two of them make a love match and make me an all red baby! Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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03/31/2013 07:42.32 PM
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Went to AI my favorite cow, one again yesterday and discovered she may have a torn cervix. No wonder we can't get her bred. Now i have to find her a bull and give her a shot that way. Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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03/25/2013 07:56.09 AM
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Heard something today that cracked me up because it was spot on and yet so simple. There are 3 reasons to cull a cow...she is old, open, or onery. Good thing I don't need to have a completely commercially viable herd or some of my old, open longer than they should be and occasionally onery cows would have to watch out! Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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03/20/2013 01:04.43 PM
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I had to work at the greenhouse yesterday. I got 20 flats of 80 peppers planted in 6 hours, not too bad. However, after planting 1600 peppers at work, I did not come home and plant a single darn thing in my own garden or greenhouse. Oops! Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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03/18/2013 02:33.40 PM
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Trying to use up last years frozen, dried and canned veggies and fruits before this years glut begins. I am thinking home canned spaghetti sauce fortified with canned stew tomatoes, dried bell pepper strips and frozen shredded carrots and zucchini. Maybe for dessert angel food cake covered in thawed berries.... Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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03/14/2013 09:00.17 AM
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I have long been a tireless volunteer with the 4-H organization and people often ask me why I do so much work, and take so much nastiness from people for free. It is hard to explain the human need to give back, but I beleive it is just as important as food, water and sleep when it comes to being a whole and happy person.
The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.
Kalu KaluCome visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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03/11/2013 12:40.56 PM
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Gardening, it's cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes!
Then again on days like today when I am up to my eyeballs in broccoli starts that need to be transplanted in a garden that isn't ready for them yet, herbs that need to move up a pot size and a stack of seeds waiting to meet up with dirt I wonder, just how is it that this is supposed to be relaxing?Come visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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03/08/2013 12:19.21 PM
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Isn't that what farming is about? Vision!
"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible."
-- Claude T BissellCome visit me, Morris Family Farm & Raising Rural Kids Daycare.
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03/06/2013 11:53.55 AM
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