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Frigid Morning   I finally regain consciousness from a nights sleep to be greeted by the red light from my alarm clock etching out the number 4:39 in the darkness of my room. Finding that the time is not sufficiently advanced enough to legally descend the stairs, I wait. 4:45am, only 15 minutes early –… Read More

C.S.A is Community Supported Agriculture So…a couple of special dates are coming up. One is my birthday….. I know, they come around faster every year! The other is the the one year mark on our new CSA model. We transitioned late last year to a more monthly, subscription based model and broke it up so… Read More

Just park it for me. Ranch kids get asked to do a ton of things, early. Fetch this, hold this animals head, find baler twine. Use to using all manner of 4 wheel drive equipment, you have to learn a new skill set when you revert back to a two wheel drive van. Cole was… Read More

It is 3am and I am sitting at the computer checking the weather to see what near death experiences we are to endure for the week when a pop-up ad for women’s clothing appears. I click, bringing forth a plethora of tropical colors for swim wear. Now my wife does not look like a toothpick… Read More

Duck, Turkey & Chicken Slivers of green grass are shooting towards the sun! The bare pastures already have a hint of green that grows stronger every day. The temperature topped out at just under 50F and we are shaking our heads that it is still February.  I’m sure we will have a few snowfalls before… Read More

What might my CSA share contain? Here are what CSA shares that have gone out in the past few months have had in them. They will change from month to month and if you have a request for a certain cut, let us know and we will include it if we can. Small Share (… Read More

Finding Our Meat, Poultry & Eggs? Awesome question! Here are a couple of spots you can go grab some cuts, pick up a dozen eggs or even better – get a fully prepared meal!   littleGrasse just outside of Canton, NY has a freezer stocked with a variety of our Beef, Pork & Chicken. Open… Read More

Thawing….for Spring? We are not ready for spring. It isn’t as if we have any choice, but hearing a forecast of mid 50’s for this week isn’t the celebratory moment you would think. Living as far north as we do, you expect a certain amount of cold, snowy days and thus far, this winter has… Read More

What are Snow Days on the Ranch? Monday had us shipping almost all of the CSA shares out along with the regular orders. Snow started late Tuesday and on and off throughout the rest of the week. With no one coming, a rare thing indeed, Wednesday was a perfect snow day. The guys headed out… Read More

History…. Totally missed last weeks letter to you. Sunday was a blip on the radar…. soup made, off to church, back home for soup, bread and cheese and then off to see a niece practice her figure skating, back home, checked the animals, let the dogs run and back to feed the stoves. A week… Read More