Fighting for Joy
This cow. If she's not a metaphor for life right now, I don't know what is. Click on her picture to read more about life with Joy the cow this spring!
Author: Kate Cobb
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Letting Go
Sometimes the difference between anxiousness and peace is as simple as letting go...
Watering in the Winter
I'm still a novice when it comes to video making, so I acknowledge this is far from professional quality :D. But I recorded this a couple weeks ago to show one of the ways we water the cows in the pasture through the winter when it's below freezing.
Messages from Joy...
When fulfillment of a promise is delayed (hope is deferred) it can make the heart sick. But delay is not the same as dead. If you're hoping this year will be better than last, maybe these words will encourage you...
End of the Road or New Beginning?
As challenges for farmers continue to arise and increase, many are finding it harder and harder to be profitable. Smaller farms are being sold off and often swallowed up by larger ones (or urban sprawl closer to cities), for various reasons, which inevitably takes its toll on the rural communities built around and by them. In an era of more frequent extreme weather events, ever-encroaching pests and diseases, dramatically rising input costs, and marketing difficulties, it can become hard for some to remain hopeful about the future of agriculture. But maybe hope can be found in thinking outside the box...
Oldies but Goodies
I occasionally wrote blog entries before we had the Grazecart platform too. If you like to read, you might enjoy perusing more of my ramblings from the past 12 (!) years.
Butterflies and Their Bushes
God built resilience into the fabric of creation. It's in you, too...
Treasure Hunting
Sometimes daily life gets so busy and distracting, you can miss some really cool things God invites you to see and hear if you're not careful. Thankfully He has a way of nudging me in meaningful ways to pique my curiosity and inspire me to keep treasure hunting! There have been some more interesting messages the cows have revealed this calving season, and this post explores some of what I've been seeing the last few weeks.
And Then There Was Mercy...
WARNING! GRAPHIC BIRTH PHOTOS IN THIS POST! If you're squeamish about things like this, open with caution ;). This is a post about what happens when we have to help the cow deliver. Photo credits to Doug, who had the presence of mind to document the process.
Prophetic Justice
Do you believe God speaks to us through cows? I sure do! Creation testifies of the Creator, and this particular cow has given me several messages...
Nature's Blanket
Ever wonder how the animals stay warm in this kind of weather?
When Bad Things Are Good
There is a time for everything. The writer of Ecclesiastes tells us, for example, there is a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to be silent and a time to speak. The seasonality of life on the farm is no exception. Read on to see what I mean in a grassroots way. Literally.
Farm Store Hours:
April 1-December 23
Monday noon-5pm
Thursday noon-5pm
Friday noon-5pm
Saturday 9am-3 pm
Or by appointment
January-March
Friday 12-4
Saturday 10-3
Or by appointment