A&E Farms

05/02/2026

There is so much more than just Red Light Therapy. Adding in other color therapy is huge in recovery. Adding green and blue have been very beneficial for me, and can be for you as well.

Here's why I love this Versa Wrap:

Green light is so calming. I can't stress this calming effect enough.

Examples......got some nerve issues going on? The green light is so calming to the nerves. It helps settle those anxious nerves down, so then you can focus on muscles and tissues.

Got some gastrointestinal issues going on? This versa wrap is a game changer for this. The green light is so calming to your intestines, all those nerves are calming down intestinal and then the red light can help reduce the inflammation in the gut area.

Guess how else I use this versa wrap.....over my face. Yep that is right I said over my face. Not your traditional face mask that is advertised all over. Traditional face masks make your face sweaty and when you are r sweaty you now have a barrier that your light has to try to navigate thru. This wrap delivers results while having a loose fit over your face. Also, when you buy a specific face mask you can't really use it anywhere else. With buying this pad you use it for multiple different areas.

Having this mask over your face is a game changer for those migraines too!!!! As well as the blue light fighting acne bacteria.

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04/12/2026

One of my favorite farm essentials is Red Light Therapy.

I use these Red Light pads for us humans, dogs, as well as the cattle.

Check out these pads and the awesome discount code to receive 10% off when you order thru the link and use my discount code.

10/13/2025

🐾 **My Name is Sky Patrol — And I Wasn’t Supposed to Make It.** 🐾
*(But I did... and now I’m on a mission to help save more than just myself.)*

I’m a 3-year-old German Shepherd. Most people think that means I’m a strong, fearless, energetic working dog. But what most people don’t know is… I’ve been fighting for my life since I was barely out of puppyhood.

My first year? Picture-perfect. Zoomies in the backyard, tail wags for days, and not a single vet visit outside the normal puppy stuff. But then... something changed.

Out of nowhere, my body started to *break down*.
It started small — a rash on my belly here, an ear infection there. Then UTIs. More infections. My once soft, pink belly turned black and leathery. I couldn’t play for more than five minutes before collapsing in exhaustion. I was only a year old… but I felt like an old dog.

My mom took me to the vet — again and again and again. We tried **meds**, **special shampoos**, **allergy tests**, **prescription diets**, **steroids**, you name it. They told her I was allergic to **dust mites**, so she scrubbed our entire house from top to bottom, trying to make it safer for me.

But the truth?
**The more we tried, the sicker I became.**

The meds would help… *temporarily*. But the moment we stopped them? Everything would come back worse. I wasn’t healing. I was being *masked*.

My mom was exhausted. Emotionally, physically, and financially. I could see the pain in her eyes every time I scratched myself raw or refused to eat. I could feel her worry when I laid down and wouldn’t get up. I know she thought about giving up.
But she didn’t.

Instead… she got desperate.
And in that desperation — **she found hope**.

She found a **holistic vet**. One who didn’t just treat symptoms, but searched for the *root cause*. They told her something no one else had:

👉 My body was in **toxic overload**.
👉 My gut was destroyed.
👉 My immune system was on fire.
👉 And the things we thought were helping… were actually hurting.

We immediately stopped all synthetic meds. Switched to raw food (which, hello? best. day. ever.) But my body was *so reactive*, even raw food made me sick at first. It took months of trial and error before my mom found something I could tolerate.

And then came the hardest part yet:
🚨 **Detox.**
**A full-body healing crisis.**

Have you ever heard a dog detox?
Let me tell you… it’s brutal.
I didn’t know what was happening to me. My belly looked worse before it looked better. I was moody, lethargic, uncomfortable, and my poor mom cried more times than I can count. She kept whispering, *“Big girl, you’re going to be okay.”*

I wasn’t so sure. But she never stopped believing.
And then… slowly… I started coming back to life.

🌿 My belly started to heal.
🌿 My energy returned.
🌿 My eyes were brighter.
🌿 My tail wagged longer.
🌿 And the real me? She was still in there.

But my story doesn’t stop here.
Because while my mom was fighting to save me… she started questioning everything.

“If all these ‘safe’ products were poisoning my dog…
What are they doing to *my kids*?
To *me*?
To *our home*?”

So down the rabbit hole she went.
(Not the one with rabbit meat — though, I was *hoping*.) 😂

She researched everything:
🧴 Cleaning products
🍽️ Processed human food
💊 Over-the-counter meds
🧼 “Natural” products that weren’t natural at all
⚠️ And the dangerous tricks companies use to sell toxic junk to loving families

And then she started making changes. *Slow, simple, powerful* changes.
She ditched the toxic cleaners first — and after some frustrating flops, found a line of **non-toxic, actually-effective, AFFORDABLE** products. I swear I saw a literal weight lift off her shoulders the day she found them.

💥 Suddenly, I wasn’t the only one being saved. 💥
My little human sisters? They’re now growing up in a safer, cleaner home.
My mom? She’s healing too. In more ways than one.
And our family? We’re stronger, more informed, and more intentional.

So when you see my mom post about **non-toxic living**, **natural products**, or **holistic healing** — just know, she’s not doing it to hop on a trend. She’s doing it because she lived it. We lived it.

She’s doing it because:
✅ I nearly didn’t make it.
✅ Our home was making us sick.
✅ And because most people never question the products they use every day — until it’s too late.

If you’ve ever wondered whether there’s a better way…
If your dog is suffering and you’re stuck in the vet/meds cycle…
If you want to protect your kids and don’t know where to start…

📩 Message my mom. She’s still learning. But she’s passionate. And she’ll share everything she’s found to help you take your first step, too.

My name is Sky Patrol.
And while I might be high-maintenance…
Apparently, I’m also a *life-saver*.

Love and Licks,
Sky Patrol

08/18/2025

So true

03/01/2025

When your favorite cow gives you a surprise of TWIN heifer calfs🥰😍❤️

My girl Fiona has always needed assistance with calving and this year she did it on her own and were surprised to see she had twins.

Fiona you are such a good momma cow!!! We are thankful that you didn't inherit your mom's postpartum rage towards us with your calves🤣

02/14/2025

The witching hours of farm life... what are they, you ask?

Well, let me tell you—they're the hours when farm life goes straight to hell, and it’s always when my husband is 😴. Me being the early riser of the farm at 3 am, I tend to be the one to discover all the problems. 🤣 I feel like our farm likes to play this game of *"What can we do to make the Mrs. wake the Mr. up at 3 am?"*

Here’s just a few good ones to list🤣

Momma cow in labor... This is always fun because this is usually the time that the mommas decide they want to calve, and it’s always either *cold as f@ * or a *snowstorm*. Cue the waking of the Mr. so we can get this pissed-off momma in the chute to assist with calving. And this isn't going to be an easy assist either, momma cow wants to make sure that we get to spend quality time with her breaking our backs while it takes 2 of us to pull the stuck calf out.

The COWS ARE OUT!!! This one is my favorite for seeing the fast reaction time of hubby flying out of bed to get dressed to corral 2,000-pound wild kittens back into the cattle yard in the dark. Pure chaos. Oh and don't forget that the reason they got out in the first place is because they busted thru a gate and mangled it to high hell. So now you're fixing a gate temporarily with twine or rummaging thru the hoarded pile of misc things to make a temporary gate.....all in the dark with flash lights🤣

I "think" we got a dead steer... In my defense, I pretty much kicked and beat this steer that was laying on its side to try to wake up to roll over, and it didn’t move an ounce, so of course I "thought" this steer was dead. Woke the hubby up—he quickly dressed, went out, and literally toe-tapped this a$$hole on the hoof, and the steer got right up. 🤪🤦🏼‍♀️

We have No Power....this is always fun trying to navigate thru the house in the dark, and praying you picked up all the dog's hard chew bones the night before....lol. Fire up the ol'trusty generator.

There's a 🦝🦨 in the barn.....these ones are always fun, especially the 🦨....when you walk halfway into the dark barn to turn the lights on and see these guys staring at you....like wtf....."go wake the Mr. up but by time he gets out here we'll be gone"🤣

And then there's **NO WATER**... this is the latest one. So, at 3 am, when there is no water to even flush the toliet, I have to wake up the hubby, who just wants to sleep because he's been working overtime at his full-time job, and tell him he has to fire up the skid loader, move a giant bale of hay off the well pit, and change a pressure switch, all at **below 0 temps** **(-14** **windchill** **🥶)**. Fun times, right?

Moral of the story: There's never a dull moment living on a farm. Don’t buy a farm if you can’t handle waking up to deal with the witching hours of farm life. 🤣🤣🤣

01/27/2025

This is 💯 accurate of every vacation we've went on🤣🤣🤣 usually the cows or calfs wait until we have crossed state lines before they get out to make it more interesting🤣🤣🤣

11/09/2024

They ran to the groceries, they filled up their carts,
They emptied the Tops and Price Chopper and Walmart,
They panicked and fought and then panicked some more,
Then they rushed to their homes and they locked all the doors.
The food will be gone! The milk eggs and cheese!
The yogurt! The apples! The green beans and peas!
The stores have run out, now what will we do?
They’ll be starvng and looting and nothing to do!
Then they paused, and they listened a moment or two.
And they did hear a sound, rising over the fear,
It started out far, then began to grow near.
But this sound wasn’t sad, nor was it new,
The farms were still doing what farms alwys do.
The food was still coming, though they’d emptied the shelves,
The farms kept it coming, though they struggled themselves,
Though the cities had forgotten from where their food came,
The farms made them food every day, just the same.
Through weather and critics and markets that fall,
The farms kept on farming in spite of it all.
They farmed without thank yous.
They farmed without praise.
They farmed on the hottest and coldest of days.
They’d bought all the food, yet the next day came more,
And the people thought of something they hadn’t before.
Maybe food, they thought, doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe farmers, perhaps, mean a little bit more. ❤️
✍️ Anna Richards
Via Kathy Curtis

11/02/2024

Locker trip for beef🤤

08/10/2024

Been awhile since we've posted last. We've been BUSY......just a picture of some of the little things that keep us busy. A last minute "pedicure" for all the cows. We've been doing a routined annual hoof trimming for our beef cows and have kept doing it for the last 3 years as we feel for our farm it is a good preventive maintenance for our cows. Only had 1 cow out of 12 that was extremely uncooperative and wanted to run us over 🤣

07/04/2024