Better Beef4u

Arcadia Farm Circa 1659. Located in the heart of Kent County, Maryland, offers Happy, Grain & Pasture fed, natural, steroid-free Angus-cross Beef. No added hormones or antibiotics. Know your farm(er) and let your conscience guide your tastebuds. Stop by and visit sometime.

Friday, August 22, 2008

New Baby - Again!

This time, I didn't even get to fret! Walked down with Pete to feed the cows and low and behold #47 was skinny with milk in her udder!!! BUT we couldnt see a baby anywhere!! So we loaded the kids up in the back of the gator and took a ride in the back pasture, and there he was, a little feller, 50lbs or so, asleep in the weeds on the other side of the fence. He's SO cute! So we dragged him out, walked him out into the field, Mama was too interested in the corn stalks she was eating to pay too much attention to us at first, but she finally staked her claim. We backed away, saw the little guy take a drink and left them be. Now this is how it's suppose to happen. I'll post pictures later.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Summer's Over?

Summer can't be over, not already!! But sadly enough, it is. School starts Monday! Most are happy to ship the kids back to school, but I'm not. I like being home on the farm; whether we're working in the garden, swimming, or just watching the chickens peck or the baby cows nurse. Life on the farm is good.

We've been picking green beans every couple days, hoping to save some green at the grocery store this winter. Tonight is corn night, our first decent sweet corn crop in a few years, we're excited!

Although we had those eight inches of rain in May, it is VERY dry now. We had a decent rain with hail on Aug. 2 but we haven't cut the grass since. Had we not watered the garden, it would be a desert.

Back to the kitchen I go, got beans to blanche!