As far as I can tell, the blame lies squarely with Prince William of England and his then-fiancée, Kate the future Duchess of Cambridge. I…
I'm not sure if I agree with the widely-held homily that pigs are as intelligent as dogs (actually I am sure; I disagree, unless said…
There is a taboo against eating horsemeat here in North America (as well as many other places in the world). As a horse lover and…
I reflected it was an odd way to spend a morning. Crammed in a bulldozer cab, my bottom perched on a side molding of the…
The trouble with keeping cows (aside from the regular, mischievous behavior of Bos taurus such as crashing through fences, or getting into, and making a…
Almost everything you read about sheep leads you to believe that they are very easy animals to deal with. Popular wisdom says keeping sheep is…
When we first bought the land that would one day become Ivy Hill Farm it was a desolate February day, complete with gray skies and…
Here on Ivy Hill Farm, there are two epochs: BC (Before Clara) and AD (After Donkey). In the long-ago days of Ivy Hill BC, coyotes…
Early in our farming venture, the first year we kept pastured pigs is one that stands out in my memory. Well-read and well-intentioned, my husband…