Beyond the Farm – Page 25 – Schmidlin Angus Farms

Cowpies to Treetops

The Farm That Almost Wasn’t

On days that are particularly stressful, I look north. Not to Canada, that is just when I am cursing those

Finally we have enough board feet in the landing for a log truck load of timber to be shipped from

Our loaner herd of Plum with her calf Snowcap, Sapphire with her calf Blue, and good old Topanga were shipped

Weather forecasters look at things differently than many of us do, they begin their calendars on October 1st instead of

As a rule, we try not to leave a lot of junk laying around the farm. Keeping things clean and

It’s like I don’t have enough paperwork in my life, I go looking for more to keep me busy. Over

“How can you accidentally plant 325 more trees?” This was the question that was posed to me the other day.

My timing does not always match up with the needs of the farm, with Mother Nature, or even with my

This unusually cool and damp (gross understatement) January and February is causing problems for our cattle herd. Our square bales

With our foot of snow and the constant thawing from the bottom where the ground was a degree or two