I’ve already showed you what our typical day looks like in “What is in a Dairy Farmer’s Day”, but how many literal steps go into completing those daily tasks? June is one of our busiest months, making hay takes up a ton of our “free time” in the middle of the day. Add in construction […]
Hoard’s Dairyman Blog – June Dairy Month
This is my latest post for the Hoard’s Dairyman Blog – HD Notebook As we say goodbye to May and hello to June, it signals the time to celebrate June Dairy Month. Personally, I think it is pretty awesome that for a whole month every year we have the opportunity to acknowledge and honor the […]
Lessons Taught by Cows
I struggled to pick a topic to write for this guest blog post. There are so many different directions I could go, being a wife, mother and dairy farmer. A friend asked me, “What do you want people to know about dairy farming?” I want people to know that while dairy farming is a business, […]
Hypothetical Kids
When Kris and I were deciding to buy the farm, we didn’t have any kids yet, but we did have a list of reasons why we wanted to raise our hypothetical kids on a farm. We were both raised on dairy farms, and we wanted that same kind of upbringing for our kids. We wanted […]
Moms Just Ask for Help
Darleen was looking for a story about lessons learned being a mom and a dairy farmer. Immediately this exchange with a friend of mine came to mind. First of all, I think the most important message below is to reach out and ask for insight from the moms around you! I was so proud of […]
How Do You Keep Farm Kids Clean?
When I met farmer, I was a single mother. I had a beautiful little blonde haired girl that was (still is) the center of my world. When we started dating, I remember taking “special” clothes for her to play in at the farm. I washed her hands constantly and she took a bath more than […]
Northwest Farmers Fighting Hunger
It’s that time of year again when summer roles around and we start to make our plans to enjoy the summer vacation. For many families and kids summer vacation doesn’t signal that care free attitude. But instead brings a worry over where their next meal will be coming from without the easy access to school […]
Love Your Job
I am blessed beyond measure that my work is also my passion and love. You really do have to love Dairy Farming to want to get out of bed 365 days a year, in all elements, for a hard days work. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. I can’ imagine facing a job […]
ATTENTION YOUNG MOMS
I’m so excited to start a new feature for Mama Monday – Mama Honesty! Let’s be honest, motherhood is hard, it’s messy, it’s downright exhausting and yet the most amazingly rewarding job ever! Emotional combo right? So this feature is a space for honesty about this crazy journey, no judgment, just different views and stories […]
Northwest Farmer’s Fighting Hunger Results
The beginning of June Dairy Month I brought to your attention the Northwest’s Farmer’s Fighting Hunger campaign. Well the results are back and I am so happy to have been involved in such a successful year: So THANK YOU to everyone who participated and helped #fightsummerhunger! Very proud that Oregon won this little Challenge, of […]