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…

For New Year's Eve, the weather was all warm and balmy with shirt-sleeve temperatures, no wind, and pretending it didn't try to kill us the we…

A while ago, when I found Stash, one of my Scottish Highland oxen, dead in the field, I was devastated, but it also left his teammate, Topper,…

Miles Smith Farm would not be possible without a partner like my husband, Bruce.

My chair vibrated to the beat of “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins while a platform (with the help of cables and pulleys) levitated over th…

It's hard to know what’s most enchanting about Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon. Is it the lovely garden beside the restored 1800s barn? Is it the…

Last Friday nine teams and one camper led 10 calves into the improvised show ring. Except for the single camper, one member of each team held …

Abby the sheep and June the heifer waited calmly next to their human teammates at the starting line. At the signal, they were off on a relay r…

"The clay for the bricks in your chimney came from that pit," said former neighbor Bob McLaren as he pointed to the wet area at the bottom of …

The sun slid down behind the hills, leaving streaks of red in the sky. As I sat on the front doorstep, watching a crow float over the valley c…