Every year, about this time, Mother Nature declares war on Miles Smith Farm. Her weapon is ice.
Three cows in the Miles Smith Farm herd are over 10 years old and considered elderly in the cow world. I recently purchased two of them, U'lua…
The cow and three calves I just bought from a farmer in Wilton are an unruly bunch. On their first day, Rosie, the Highland cow, gathered hers…
Farm animals are not tuned in to the sacred aspects of Christmas, but they do enjoy parties — like the upcoming 2022 Christmas on the Farm cel…
Millie is one of three Scottish Highland calves I was weaning, but she was the only one of the three who refused to eat grain. While her weani…
Nighttime air is crisp. Trees are orange and red as their leaves change color and fall to the ground. Overhead, wedges of geese honk as they p…
Kavi, one of my crankier Scottish Highlander cows, was lying alone at the back of the field while the other cows "did lunch," munching on a ro…
The bellowing stopped as I walked across the barnyard. Thirteen calves watched me open the gate to let the mother cows into the holding pen, a…
The call came in at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Five cows were seen near the golf course that abuts my farm. This was serious. Cattle could destroy the turf.
Colorful flowers in weedless beds lined her driveway and spread out over the lawn. An azalea here and a lilac there brought joy to my heart. I…