Catherine Friend
Catherine Friend

Only One Casualty The Farmer has returned from her California trip, refreshed, renewed, and ready to jump right back into letting me do chores every day. Ha. Not so fast, I said. She’s now outside checking on all the animals, making sure I did, in fact, keep them alive. All went well. The steers got […]

Roll Call The Farmer has flown the coop. As I type this, she’s somewhere over the western half of the US, heading for San Francisco to help friends with a house project. She foolishly has left me in charge for six days. So with trusty camera in hand, I took roll call this afternoon to […]

Don’t Believe It! So I must take a minute and comment on a farm-related topic, but not our farm. The topic is a youtube link being passed around called “Extreme shepherding.” I’ve been sent the link by many people. The first time I watched it my mouth dropped open. What? That’s impossible! Sheep would never […]