Right this very minute, we are in recovery mode. It is 100 % self inflicted.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are busy sharing our farm with visitors. I’m sure Tom would prefer me to not pick the time of year when he is crazy busy trying to spray, taking care of cattle stuff and every other thing that we seem to have to do, but I’m honestly not sure what ti…
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm, I’m remembering the past, enjoying the present and looking forward to what the future has to bring.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm, I am remembering Rule 1 in farming with livestock. If you move bulls from one pasture to another, it is a fabulous idea to make sure all the gates are shut inside the barn where the pasture they moved to has access.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are full speed ahead with calving season.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are moving cows – here, there and everywhere.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are looking forward to spring. I know, I know we still have all of February, all of March and yes, I know that April can be wintery as well. I truly am trying to be optimistic.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm, we are changing seasons! We went directly from fall to winter, harvesting to watering cows and football to wrestling.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm, I’m feeling very blessed. As we recently celebrated Thanksgiving, I feel it is timely to say thanks for the blessings we have in our life.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are mending fences. It is the time of the year when we have finished harvesting a field and need to get the fence back in shape to hold the cattle in (fingers crossed).
- Paula Peterson
"Most years we keep the calves until January or February and make sure they are conditioned and ready to move on to feed lots, but this year we have been advised to just get them to the sale barn once they are weaned and vaccinated. So off these calves will go!"
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are trying desperately to get ready to take Fun at the Farm to the Lancaster County Fair.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are saying “farewell.” I refuse to say “good-bye.”
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are at the crossroads of looking backwards at spring calving and jumping ahead with both feet into the fire for planting.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are hot and heavy into calving season.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are praying for moisture. Normally I’m the one that says “let’s just wait for rain in the spring and pass on the snow,” but this year it is scary dry.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are trying to figure out how we got to 2025 already. I know they always say “Time flies when you are having fun,” so I’m pretty sure I am having a fabulous time because there is no way it is already 2025.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are …. hauling water. (I know you are shocked, but we are still hauling water).
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we hauling water – again.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm we are full steam ahead – well, mostly.
- Paula Peterson
"If we don’t get a decent rain in the near future, we might have to start thinking about supplementing the pastures. The ponds are drying up again."
- Paula Peterson
"July is historically busy for us – checking cows and fences, getting to watch our granddaughter Gloria, putting up hay and getting ready for county fair."
- Paula Peterson
"Right this very minute down on the farm, I’m feeling grateful. We are done with planting and have the first cutting of alfalfa put up and ready to be used this winter."
- Paula Peterson
"Getting to share our farm with baseball players, journalists, students and their families and teachers means the world to me."