Yay! Kidding was an eleven-day affair... Now the farmers have a break until March.

Acorn's recovery is going along great- moving well, taking precautions. Weather has helped improve spirits for all concerned.

2025 quickly coming to a close, Christmas just around the corner. Where did the year go?

House arrest about lifted, Acorn is now driving and free from being house bound...

In the meantime, a few farm and workshop projects going... Goats started kidding (all boys so far), shop tools being powered on.

Bitter cold snap moving in tonight with single digit lows, but then 50's and even 60F next week? Craaaaaazy!

Acorn is chafing at the bit to get out and about, Blind Hog has his hands full with multi-tasking.

Knock wood- no goats born so far, Acorn is about to the point where she can stand and assist Blind Hog if needed. Things ARE progressing!

Weeks of preparation are paying off as Acorn is cruising quite well post-op with new total left hip. Blind Hog is having all the fun being nurse to Acorn as well as wearing the "head farmer hat" and taking care of everything else.

Slow and careful wins this race- Acorn wants to be on the right track without any set backs. Now if the goats can hold off kidding for another week or two? THAT would be lovely....

Blind Hog and Acorn have been getting all the chores done, and even took a day off to go to KC to shop at REI and IKEA. How else was Blind Hog going to get Acorn to sit down for 7 hrs except to drive?

Farm chores are pretty much caught up now, Blind Hog should have little to worry about, save for goats kidding on his watch. Acorn figures she will be able to get up and about in three solid weeks.

Happy Thanksgiving from us on the farm to all of you!

Steelmeadow has joined the rest of modernity- ditching the cell phone wifi for Starlink. Put it this way, the podcast uploaded faster than it took Acorn to type these two sentences...

Goat doelings were picked up. Blind Hog had an eye exam. Acorn had pre-op appointment and in between all this, chores have been getting done.

Weather has been crazy warm, broke a record today for high temperature. 82F!

Lots getting done- barns scraped and dirt floors limed, garden just about ready to say goodnight for the winter, and the Subaru got new tires and an oil change. A 2 hr long oil change... Acorn says never, ever again...

Blind Hog is moving old firewood so new firewood an cage, with the oldest to be used first.

Soups, cakes, cookies, breads, casseroles, meats, etc all being whipped up and frozen in preparation for Acorn's "kitchen vacation..." Blind Hog will be given a list as well as a map of each freezer so he can find foods to heat up and serve.

it is all getting done, and a few goats are looking right rotund. Early kidding is Acorn's biggest fear but Blind Hog can come through in a clutch.

Blind Hog and Acorn went to a guy not too far away who had a plethora of bamboo that he lets folks dig in the Fall, FOR FREE!!! Seven three-gallon nursery containers got loaded up with bamboo plants ranging from 12" to 48". Acorn is quite pleased.

House plants and the last of the squash ere brought in and not a minute too soon. The next morning was a real freeze. The last of the tomatoes are ripening on their own in the workshop, along with a bunch of still-green winter squash.

Outback cut a front tire, too close to the sidewall to repair. Four new tires ordered from the tire guy in town. Last set lasted 39,000 and for our rough gravel road, that is probably pretty darn good.

Acorn made macaroni from scratch then proceeded to make butternut mac and cheese. Followed up today with butternut "invisible lasagna," think scalloped potatoes but using butternut slices with a Boursin cheese filling sauce. Also very good.

Last game of the World Series and the farmers are cheering on the Blue Jays.