Comments for Farmer Sam

Comment on It’s all mine! by Joan

Joan — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:14:26 +0000

Great acheivement, and it looks delicious!

Comment on Training the clever pigs by Farmer Sam

Farmer Sam — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:50:46 +0000

Well, a few days ago I would have said, “Yes, pigs are very smart….they’ll make the connection.” Now that I’ve tried putting them in the larger enclosure, the answer is, “Nope, they’ll run right through it….” I have resolved the problem, and I’ll try to give a full blogging account of it in the next couple days!

Comment on Training the clever pigs by Tami

Tami — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:41:40 +0000

I think it was clever of you to train them. Do you think they’ll recognize the wire when it’s in a different shape and place?

I’m glad the pigs are doing well. You need some good news!

Comment on A little sleep, a little slumber… by Farmer Sam

Farmer Sam — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:20:11 +0000

Tami,

We are actually making plans to do the opposite…we’re going to dig a basin to catch the worst of it. It will have gently sloping sides that remain mowable, and usable by larger animals (miniature cows, perhaps:). The hope is that we’ll keep a larger part of the ground available for normal use.

The pens are designed for moving in the same direction, one pen-length per day. It is actually quite a bit of work to do emergency moving of any kind…especially once the ground is soggy.

Regarding the dead birds: I leave them in the field for a couple nights, for the scavengers. They will do the bulk of the work, and then I load them up and take them over to the back corner, where they disappear within a couple more days.

Comment on A little sleep, a little slumber… by Lydia

Lydia — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:12:50 +0000

Very very sad day. :(

Comment on A little sleep, a little slumber… by Tami

Tami — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:44:10 +0000

Oh, Farmer Sam, I’m so sorry. This is HORRIBLE!!! So many horrible thoughts. What do you do with all the dead, wet birds? Mass grave?

What will you do now? How do you solve the flooding problem? It’s like you need to make a hill that you can have on reserve for JUST when it rains. Use it no other time.

Anyway, I’m so sorry.

Comment on Drying my own onions (for onion powder) by Rosie Khan

Rosie Khan — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:49:18 +0000

I use lots of Herbs and Spices on our home cooked food. They make our foods so tasty.*~,

Comment on If FarmerSam was a cat…. by Mom

Mom — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:06:01 +0000

First time I’ve tried this – hope I got it right!

Just checking to see if Farmer Sam has updated his blog….

Comment on Drying my own onions (for onion powder) by Zoe Ali

Zoe Ali — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:25:36 +0000

i like to add herbs and spices on the foods i cook.’`,

Comment on FarmerSam Takes a Bath -or- No More Chickens by Joanne Foerster

Joanne Foerster — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:37:41 +0000

Sam,
Vern and I are so sorry for all the money, time, and hard effort put into raising those chickens. Just to have the rain take them away. Although the turkey buzzards seemed to enjoy them. I would have perferred to eat them. The life of a farmer is hard.
Just remember one thing. God works in mysterious ways. Maybe there was a reason.
We’ll be waiting for the next batch.

Joanne and Vern