Saunders Sustainable Farm
A tiny family farm with gigantic ambitions.
05/04/2022
Today on the farm
02/01/2022
It’s a girl!! First heifer calf born on the farm in the new year. And, Congratulations BWF on your first! 🎉
14/12/2021
Precious bonding time between the new cow-mom and bull calf.
💚💜💙❤️
After close to two hours of labor, first time Mamá heifer did it and It’s a boy! I’d like to think we did it together. 😉 The Farmette pulled his hoofs while she was having contractions, the aunties watched over us, and together we crushed it.
I gave him a little synthetic colostrum (just in case) and mama was lovingly cleaning him as I wrote this post. I think all will be alright.
02/12/2021
Broken wagon means the farmette can use the tractor to deliver hay to the cows! Food delivery service for livestock.
21/10/2021
Happy Thursday!!
21/10/2021
Love it when the herd graze in the paddock near the backyard.
16/10/2021
Today was hoof-pedicure morning on the farm! Yay!!
Poor creatures’ hoofies were a bit neglected by the hoomans but now we have some FURiously happy, happy goats.
The goats, Tonatzin AKA Toni and Huitzilopochtli would like to let the farmette attribute their joy to her hoof trimming expertise but the reality is that it was all the treats the hooman gave them.
😅
31/08/2021
Cows have acres and acres to explore but they rather stand by the neighbor’s fence and stare and their one cow and horses. Go figure! Maybe they are crushing on the critters.
09/08/2021
Self-care Sunday around this farm means that Brownie gets more apple slices.
28/05/2021
Congratulations on your second calving, Brownie! Mamá appears heathy and so is the heifer calf!!
More pics to come this PM. The human has to get to her remote office.
26/12/2020
Perfect start to the day: Rain, sunshine, and hay. !
Farm work around here includes providing head “Scratchies” to the critters.
Spectacular light show this evening. Super organic-fireworks 😉
Recommend you turn down audio before watching the video. Our neighborhood ducks were super stoked in this video
26/10/2020
Goats are home, and so is our tractor. We only managed to annoy a few dozen people on our 6 mile drive with the tractor.
Cows are home!
15/10/2020
The farm has relocated! We’re now in Oakdale, CA... Pics of the new digs attached.
15/06/2020
Ferdinand is such a hayseed country boy.
01/05/2020
Tonight on the farm
This morning on the farm.
Tonight on the farm: Conversation between the farmette and Jersey the Hen.
12/04/2020
Today on the farm: First spring calf, and a lot of walking...nearly 8 miles without leaving the farm.
Long geese flyover while napping on the farm today
09/03/2020
07/03/2020
These farmers say their cows can solve the climate crisis Danie Slabbert points toward the cattle that brought his farm back to life. Down the slope ahead of him, 500 black Drakensberger and mottled Nguni cows graze cheek by jowl.
One minute of zen from the farm - turn up volume for maximum zen.
One minute of morning zen from the farm
This year, resolve to meet your local farmers and eat good food. Incidentally, contrary to the noise, you CAN eat beef without harming the planet. In fact, this University of Michigan peer reviewed research says that if you eat our beef, you’re actually REDUCING greenhouse gasses.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X17310338?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb
Impacts of soil carbon sequestration on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Midwestern USA beef finishing systems Beef cattle have been identified as the largest livestock-sector contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Using life cycle analysis (LCA), sever…
Stumbling into farming
Creeping incrementalism may be the best description of how we got here. Years ago, we started keeping bees. Then, chickens. Before you knew it, we had dairy goats and were making cheese.
Now, we have a cattle farm in Oregon. We also have sore backs. It’s been quite a journey, and one we’re eternally grateful for.
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