Posted on June 23, 2009 by peacefulacres
I’ve had my Jersey Girls 1 month and a week! Seems much longer since I’ve been dealing with things that I didn’t expect.
Since I discovered Joy sucking on Josie, I realized that I had to do something that you normally wouldn’t have to worry about with a heifer (first time mom).
Drying her off.
After my [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2009 by peacefulacres
Here they come!!!
As an expectant grandma…I’m waiting pacing back and forth for the arrival of my bovine girls.
It’s been quite a while since our suburban DC neighborhood has had a parade. And we’ve probably never had a cow parade. Due to the soft lawn from all the rain, we decided to unload the girls on [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2009 by peacefulacres
This great article written by Meredith Cohn appeared in the Baltimore Sun, yesterday.
Organic farmer Bobby Prigel sells hundreds of gallons of his cows’ raw milk to Horizon, which pasteurizes it for sale at grocery stores. (Baltimore Sun photo by Barbara Haddock Taylor / February 12, 2009)
The cows, about 75 of them, graze and enjoy an [...]
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