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09/23/2026

🌱 Update on the peas and oats!

The peas and oats are coming in rather inconsistently. In some areas, they’re absolutely thriving, while in other spots they’re really struggling.

There are a few possible reasons for the differences. This field was previously an orchard, so soil compaction could be playing a role. It’s also been a long time since the ground was actively farmed, so fertility and pH are both things I’m wondering about.

Not exactly the uniform stand I was hoping for, but that’s part of the fun of experimenting with forage crops. There’s always something to learn!

Overall, it’s been a great experiment in trying to raise some high-quality fall feed to help extend our grazing season. 🌱🐄

We’ll see how it finishes out and, most importantly, how the cows like it when it’s time to turn them onto it in about a month’s time.

Have you tried growing peas and oats—or another fall forage—to extend your grazing season? What did you find made the biggest difference in how well it grew? 👇

09/21/2026

🐄 Good feet matter. A lot.

When I had Honey through the chute last time, I noticed her toes were starting to grow long.

That might seem like a small thing, but when we’re trying to build a herd of efficient, functional beef cows, feet and legs are not something I want to overlook.

A cow has to walk—sometimes a LOT—to harvest her own feed. She needs sound feet that will hold up year after year without requiring extra work or intervention.

Long toes can be a sign of a structural or functional problem, and in our herd, that earns Honey another demerit point. 📝

One fault by itself doesn’t necessarily decide a cow’s future, but we’re keeping track of these things. Fertility, disposition, feet and legs, udder quality, mothering ability, calf performance and overall efficiency all add up.

The goal isn’t to build a herd that looks good standing in a picture.

The goal is to build cows that work. 🌱🐄

Honey… you’re accumulating quite the file. 😂

09/18/2026

Back to heat watch with Honey. 🐄👀

Honey is getting re-bred, which means I’m also keeping a close eye on the rest of the girls to make sure nobody else decides to come back into heat when I’m not paying attention. 😂

One thing I really love about having the AI tech come out is the printout that comes with each breeding. It gives me a record of the cow, the sire, semen information, breeding number, next expected heat, tag number and projected calving date.

For a small herd, keeping good records is pretty important when you’re trying to make genetic progress one breeding at a time. Having all that information printed out makes it a whole lot easier to keep everything organized. 📋🐄

Now… back to watching cows and trying to figure out who’s in heat. 😂👀

09/16/2026

The “escape artists” are officially headed home. 😂🐄

We custom grazed these four ladies at our home property this summer, and they certainly made sure I got plenty of hands-on experience with troubleshooting electric fencing.

Let’s just say they had a real talent for finding weaknesses in a fence that I didn’t even know existed. 😅

After this summer, I’ve seriously reconsidered whether secure fence building is one of my strengths. 😂

All jokes aside, they were great heifers to have around and we’re happy to have been able to graze them this summer. But I have to admit… I won’t miss the occasional phone call that starts with, “Your cows are out.” 🤦‍♂️🐄

Safe travels home, ladies. And thanks for the fencing lessons. 😂

09/14/2026

🐔 Well… someone forgot to tell the chickens they’re supposed to stay in the pasture coop. 😂

A few of the girls decided that the grass was apparently greener on the other side of the fence and made a break for it.

Of course, once one chicken figures out how to escape, the others suddenly decide they’ve been missing out on an exciting adventure. 🤦‍♂️😂

So today’s farm job became less about farming and more about chicken wrangling.

They’re safely back where they belong now… at least until they come up with their next escape plan. 🐔🏃‍♀️💨

09/12/2026

Bush hogging update: Day 2… and I may have sacrificed my favourite Carhartt jacket. 😩😂

I was back at it today, bush hogging more pasture and making a little more progress on the rough stuff.

Yesterday, I apparently decided the best place to store my favourite Carhartt jacket was across the hood of the tractor. And believe it or not, it stayed there the entire day while I mowed. 🤷‍♂️

Then, today, a sticky bush finally decided it had enough of my nonsense and pulled the jacket off the hood.

Unfortunately, I didn’t notice.

A few minutes later (while the bush hog thrashed violently) I looked down and realized I had run over my favourite jacket with the tractor. 😬

I guess the jacket survived a full day of bush hogging, only to meet its fate because of one particularly aggressive bush.

At least the pasture is looking better… the jacket, not so much. 😂🌳🚜

09/11/2026

🐄 Meet the Fence Cleaning Crew! 🧹😂

Jannet and Lassie have officially taken on the job of keeping the fence lines clean at Hidden Creek Farm.

Their specialty? Reaching their heads under the fence to find every last tasty morsel on the other side. 🌱😂. They do this as soon as I move them to a new paddock.

I’m not sure they realize they’re doing me a favour… they just seem convinced the grass on the other side of the fence is always better!

Between the two of them, they’ll stretch, twist, and contort themselves into just about any position to get that one extra mouthful.

Hard workers. Great employees. Terrible at taking direction. 😂🐄

09/09/2026

Nothing quite like hearing the coyotes start howling after dark. 🐺🌙

One starts up… then another answers from across the fields… and before long it sounds like the whole neighbourhood has joined the conversation.

It’s one of those sounds that reminds you just how much wildlife is out here after we turn the lights off.

The cows seem pretty unbothered. 😂

Me? I’m just hoping they keep their conversation on the other side of the fence.

09/07/2026

Finally got the cows moved across the driveway and onto the other half of the pasture! 🐄🌱

It only took a little planning, some fence moving, and convincing the cows that they absolutely did want to go where I was asking them to go. 😂

Nothing quite like watching a herd of cows walk into fresh pasture and immediately act like they’ve never seen grass before.

Fresh grass for the cows, a little less mowing for me, and another section of pasture getting put to work for the first time in 15 years. 👍

Just another day of making the most of what we’ve got at Hidden Creek Farm.

09/04/2026

The never-ending battle with multiflora rose… 🌹🐄

These monsters have apparently been enjoying life in the pasture for longer than my kids have been alive. 😂

They may look pretty when they’re flowering, but out in a cow pasture they’re basically armed fortifications — thorns everywhere, taking up grazing space, and making fence and pasture maintenance a whole lot more interesting.

I probably won’t be sending the bush hog into these ones. I have a feeling the bush hog has suffered enough already, and I’d rather not find out exactly how much a new gearbox costs, I already discovered what a new pto shaft costs. 😅

Instead, I think I’ll hook onto them with the tractor and pull the whole thing out by the roots.

One bush at a time… because apparently the cows weren’t supposed to have all 30 acres to themselves. 🌹😂

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