Muddy Paws Farmstead

03/03/2024

It was 🐥 day on the farm!! So many tiny sweet ❤️’s

03/01/2024

Raising GOS meat in a sustainable farming way- 🙌 🙌🙌

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hc4y0h?fbclid=IwAR1dHqgn-hCwA2nuXyOjB-FdAvNCLIwpx6ej7jtMFq1mo-oqpRY9AfZpKuc_aem_AQRxTzo9LJU5j1zXqHyNl36vDou1V5175_p0mzzj-3z1jQbEHmDlgGPyYbkauXqiTGw

The Bikers visit a young farming couple who rear high quality pork.

02/25/2024

Hello beauties! 🥚💙

02/16/2024

I mean, at least they are kind enough to knock before they beg 🐓 ❤️ 🚪

02/12/2024

The elusive pink 🥚!!!

01/04/2024

In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan
Earth stood hard as iron
Water like a stone
Snow had fallen
Snow on snow on snow
In the bleak midwinter
Long, long ago
Angels and Arc Angels
May have traveled there
Cherubim and Seraphim
Thronged the air
But only his Mother
In her maiden bliss
Worshiped the beloved
With a kiss
What can I give him?
Poor as I am
If I were a shepherd
I would give a lamb
If I were a wise man
I would do my part
But what I can I give him
Give him my heart
Give him my heart

12/22/2023

We have had a blessed 2023!! ❤️

10/09/2023

This dinner delivered instantly to your door situation is getting wildly out of hand…. 🦃

10/08/2023

Happy Sabbath

10/04/2023

So pretty!

10/02/2023

“Um, yes, excuse me. There is now one hour left⏱️until my special sweet feed is to be delivered for the night, and I want to be sure you aren’t planning to be late…. Okay!?” 🐄

09/16/2023

I posted something about grass-fed pork a couple of weeks back, and an old trusted friend challenged it. Rightfully so, as grass-fed pork doesn't exist. Pigs are omnivores which means that they eat both plants and animals; they need more than grass to survive. Our pigs are also fed: Purina all in one, alfalfa, zucchini, melon, citrus, bananas, apples, raw cows milk, boiled eggs, corn on the cob, spinach, lettuce, green beans, carrots, peas, celery, and the list goes on….🍓🍒🍍🍋🥥🥜🍇🍉🥝🥦🥗🥒🥕🌽🍏🍅🥬🍈🥙🍐🫐
We rotationally graze, which offers richer soils, helps limit erosion, helps to limit required grain feeding for livestock, and rebalances nutrition for the animals. The pigs stir up the soil, eat what they can, and move, leaving richer grass behind them in just a couple of months. The 🐄 and 🐐 eat the grass and brush (and milk and grain as needed, etc.), one day providing milk for the other animals, and fertilizing the soil behind them. The 🐓 aerate the soil, eat weeds, and pick through the manure left behind from the other animals,scratching for and controlling insects as they go. The 🦆 and 🦃 control pests that otherwise would eat the garden up, which is used to sustain both the humans and the animals. Plus, the manure they leave behind is rich and beneficial for the garden in a unique way. Each play a part for the farmer- and each depends on the farmer for clean bedding and food supplements (on our farm as we start to rejuvenate especially). We love learning and playing and growing with all of them!