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Showing posts with label Farm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farm. Show all posts
Monday, April 18, 2011
from tractor to t-ball
Sunday, April 3, 2011
pretty Angus cattle
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
A good reason for Heard health
We had another snow filled afternoon here in Tennessee, and given a light patient load, and sled some fun was in the making. Hubby and I had to check and feed the cattle at Diamond M Farms and since our babysitter was sick (aka my Mom "Gigi" who lives with us) we loaded up the kids and off we went.
Sledding, snowball fights, time with family friends and the loss of Ella's glasses rounded out the afternoon. But a picture is worth a thousand words, see my 2 year old eating snow. This is a prime reason that his Daddy spends so much time monitoring the health and immunization status of our cattle. He never knows when his doctor wife will get the bright idea to sled in the cow pasture, probably ruining some of his precious forage, and by so doing let the two year old eat snow from said pasture.
Agriculture impact can be found everywhere. Even in a two year olds handful of snow.
Sledding, snowball fights, time with family friends and the loss of Ella's glasses rounded out the afternoon. But a picture is worth a thousand words, see my 2 year old eating snow. This is a prime reason that his Daddy spends so much time monitoring the health and immunization status of our cattle. He never knows when his doctor wife will get the bright idea to sled in the cow pasture, probably ruining some of his precious forage, and by so doing let the two year old eat snow from said pasture.
Agriculture impact can be found everywhere. Even in a two year olds handful of snow.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Working Mom
But at the moment I have a few minutes while my kids are at music class to think and write. Just got a hug from nephew as Aunt Amy stopped by class.
And what I am thinking is I am glad that this rain and not snow. And I am glad that our cows can get in from the weather. This week I had to help work on an abcess of a calf. My husband still thinks I am a vet. And that I wish I had an iPad to work with... silly thoughts
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
a new start
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Friday, January 7, 2011
On the road
Finally, Brian aka @DiamondMFarms and I are on our way to AFBF meeting in Atlanta. Have had a busy day. Yesterday, I ended up with a stomach flu so no packing. Then today school got canceled, so had to get kids settled for Mom and Dad weekend away. Looking forward to AgCONNECT and to the AFBF meeting. Last year we were competing and did not get to see much. Very excited...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Saving Baby Norman
Well yesterday started out as a Tuesday does for me in ky small town medical practice. See, with the three kids I take Tuesdays off now. So, my kids and I had planned to do their Christmas shopping yesterday. Their Daddy took the morning off from the farm and decided to go with us. So, as a farmers luck would have it we had three cows in standing heat that needed artificial breeding. Well, my kids made their list, and stuck to their budget getting presents for 15 family members.
After we were done, we went to the farm to take care of the cows. Once we got there, the kids practiced with the pony to the cart. And Brian and I had to go back to the barn and work with a calf I had noticed that was down. My father-in-law noticed the little fellow not acting right earlier that day and brought him into the barn, but by nightfall it was obvious he was in trouble. Now, please make sure you have the complete picture, I had dressed for a day Christmas shopping with the kids in dress blue jeans and a snow man sweater complete with Eisenberg pin, and here I am in borrowed bibbers and a borrowed Carhart coat packing a 35-45# calf out of the hay into the barn while Brian and my Father-in-law caught the cow in a squeeze shoot so we could milk her and get some nutritious milk into the calf. We ended up getting him to nurse and take a little bottle too. But it was not how I would have planned to spend an evening with our cows,but emergencies happen. I just need to figure out how to put a NG down a calf. See, cows seem to have different anatomy then people.
I'm the middle of all this, I started talking to the little calf, calling him Norman. For those of you that have seen City Slickers with Billy Crystal you will understand, and believe me even thought I grew up a vets kid in rural Tennessee there are days like last night that I wonder exactly how did I end up on my knees in cow s#@$ trying to save a cow named Norman,.when I would normally be home wrapping Christmas.
Being a farmers wife is great, you just need to remember to always pack your muck boots and warm clothes, you never know what you will end up doing.
Norman was better today. Able to nurse on his own, maybe he will make it. For now he is warm and safe in our barn with his Momma.
After we were done, we went to the farm to take care of the cows. Once we got there, the kids practiced with the pony to the cart. And Brian and I had to go back to the barn and work with a calf I had noticed that was down. My father-in-law noticed the little fellow not acting right earlier that day and brought him into the barn, but by nightfall it was obvious he was in trouble. Now, please make sure you have the complete picture, I had dressed for a day Christmas shopping with the kids in dress blue jeans and a snow man sweater complete with Eisenberg pin, and here I am in borrowed bibbers and a borrowed Carhart coat packing a 35-45# calf out of the hay into the barn while Brian and my Father-in-law caught the cow in a squeeze shoot so we could milk her and get some nutritious milk into the calf. We ended up getting him to nurse and take a little bottle too. But it was not how I would have planned to spend an evening with our cows,but emergencies happen. I just need to figure out how to put a NG down a calf. See, cows seem to have different anatomy then people.
I'm the middle of all this, I started talking to the little calf, calling him Norman. For those of you that have seen City Slickers with Billy Crystal you will understand, and believe me even thought I grew up a vets kid in rural Tennessee there are days like last night that I wonder exactly how did I end up on my knees in cow s#@$ trying to save a cow named Norman,.when I would normally be home wrapping Christmas.
Being a farmers wife is great, you just need to remember to always pack your muck boots and warm clothes, you never know what you will end up doing.
Norman was better today. Able to nurse on his own, maybe he will make it. For now he is warm and safe in our barn with his Momma.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
One Hungry Planet
Been at Tennessee Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers meeting and found this information for all my nonfarmer friends about how important farming is to our Country. This quick video is full of facts about agriculture.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Been reading a new book...
For Mother's day my kids got me the Pioneer Woman's cookbook, and for those of you that don't know - Pioneer women runs a blog and website about being a city girl and mother of four on a working cattle ranch in Oklahoma. She is a blast. My family was amazed that I know who she was when I opened my book and even more amazed when I actually cooked the food. But, I really respect her down to earth opinions about her life and how she has adjust to it. I can feel for her - especially when she talks about her husband coming home covered in cow S%$# from working cattle and her love a wrangler butt - after all that was one of the first things that I had noticed about my husband....
But, like Pioneer Woman, I have really come to respect my husbands love of our land and our farm and our children. Given my day job, my husband has had the job of being with our kids most days too. I went back to work with both of our youngest too when they were each three weeks old - and my Farmer feller took our daughter to work cattle the first day and then to the hay field then next. All of my children have been on our farm since they could walk. They know what a squeeze chute is for and when to stay out of fields while Daddy cuts hay. And they love to play in said hay till they get caught...
I think that I have talked alot in this blog about the importance of being political active but now as there are critical issues facing Agriculture in the Congress, I think becoming active for our way of life will be more important than ever. Because, even though our operations are different, I hope that you can tell that both the Pioneer Women and myself are passionate about our homes and farms or ranches in her case. We want our children to have access to this way of life and bills like the CAP and Trade, Immigration issues, and the EPA navigational waters act will affect how we can run our operations and how our families will be able to keep doing what we love. So, if you have a love for your land or like me - have fallen for a fella who has made you in turn change from a "organic loving high heel wearing" girl to well - whatever I am most days - a country doc with farm kids who have a T-ball game tonight... Get out and have an opinion
But, like Pioneer Woman, I have really come to respect my husbands love of our land and our farm and our children. Given my day job, my husband has had the job of being with our kids most days too. I went back to work with both of our youngest too when they were each three weeks old - and my Farmer feller took our daughter to work cattle the first day and then to the hay field then next. All of my children have been on our farm since they could walk. They know what a squeeze chute is for and when to stay out of fields while Daddy cuts hay. And they love to play in said hay till they get caught...
I think that I have talked alot in this blog about the importance of being political active but now as there are critical issues facing Agriculture in the Congress, I think becoming active for our way of life will be more important than ever. Because, even though our operations are different, I hope that you can tell that both the Pioneer Women and myself are passionate about our homes and farms or ranches in her case. We want our children to have access to this way of life and bills like the CAP and Trade, Immigration issues, and the EPA navigational waters act will affect how we can run our operations and how our families will be able to keep doing what we love. So, if you have a love for your land or like me - have fallen for a fella who has made you in turn change from a "organic loving high heel wearing" girl to well - whatever I am most days - a country doc with farm kids who have a T-ball game tonight... Get out and have an opinion
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