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When my children were small I had a few additional children that spent their days with me. We had to go grocery shopping once a week. I would line everybody up and tell them they were baby ducks and I was a mama duck. It worked.

Block-A-Day 316 – The Cream Of The Crop

by Tina | Nov 12, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

On a family farm, some of the cream might be skimmed off and used for whipping, butter, or mixing with whole milk for coffee. Commercial dairy operations use a separator.

Block-A-Day 306 – The Pasture Pen

by Tina | Nov 2, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

Pasture pens are open-air structures that have a roof covering 3/4 of the top surface. Half of the side surface is also solid. The remaining surfaces are covered with chicken wire.

Block-A-Day 304 – The Winna-eggo

by Tina | Oct 31, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

There is a hen door with a ramp for hen access and the farmer enters by the door to collect eggs. At the bottom of the Winna-eggo is a loop of PVC with water nipples for clean fresh water.

Block-A-Day 298 – Josie And Ben

by Tina | Oct 25, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

It is so much fun to see the baby calves in the spring because they’re so cute. They look like little teddy bears bouncing around the field.

Block-A-Day 297 – Barryl The Bull

by Tina | Oct 24, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

All of Sisu farm’s cattle are grass-fed and finished. They’re a meat breed cattle and this is one of our bulls. His name is Barryl ad he’s very friendly. Occasionally he wants to go and visit other cows and he does, he just goes.

Block-A-Day 296 – Sisu Farms

by Tina | Oct 23, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

Why SISU? Or what is SISU? It’s a Finnish word that doesn’t have a direct translation into English. It means perseverance, hardiness, bravery, resilience, and grit. I think it fits what they’re doing really well.

Block-A-Day 294 – Apocalyptic Skyline

by Tina | Oct 21, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

Two of the men that had been working with us also stayed. We had a water truck on site and had pulled a perimeter with a grader. Brandon Goober was with us that night. He wrote a song called “A Reason to Feel Safe”

Block-A-Day 291 – The Cornfields

by Tina | Oct 18, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

Other fun facts- Corn is wild grass and the ear is part of the flower. There are 800 kernels in 16 rows on the average ear. While yellow is the most common color, corn also comes in blackish, blueish gray, purple, green, red, and white.

Block-A-Day 290 – The Scarecrow

by Tina | Oct 17, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

We have been doing our outside decorating here at the shop. Yesterday we put our scarecrow out front. We had a lot of fun building her and she’s a little scary. I love fall colors and I wear them all the time.

Block-a-Day 289 – Fat Cat Café

by Tina | Oct 16, 2021 | Block-A-Day | 0

They make outstanding pie! I love their pie, and I’m really picky about pie. I could eat a whole banana cream or pumpkin from there. I really hope I am early enough in the morning to pick up a piece for breakfast.