Fair-View Farm Blog

It was time to move Nate's beef herd from the summer pasture to land closer to home for feed and water.  Rather than make multiple trips with a truck and trailer- we do a cattle drive! We've been doing this for several years now, and find that it works quite well, but it takes a number of able- bodied people to make it work. Thankfully, that's not too hard to find around here. :) Rounding them up and getting them gathered by the gate: Nate shows up, and they start bawling- so much noise! Then Mom took several of us, to drop off at various driveways and roads/trails to make sure the cows didn't head down them.  Dad had the tractor with a bale of hay to lead them down the road, (or to try to stay a head of them some of the time at least) After the herd passes the driveway that someone has been stationed at, they follow them from behind and make sure they stay on the road, and that no one gets left behind. If the cows are behaving, they cat...

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! Psalms 100 -A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. (Psalm 100 ESV)

It's that week of the year... The Friday where truck after truck with ATV's go by our house, when you drive down the road you see the neighbor's blaze orange hanging on the line to air out. When your brothers go digging through storage containers to find their warmest winter clothing, and their blaze orange makes an appearance. Saturday AM comes- no snooze button is hit this morning- excitement is in the air! The brothers make themselves breakfast [this happens once a year 😏 ].  Just before the first rays of light they are off. It's the Silas' first year to hunt so he heads one direction with Nate, while the Matt heads another direction.  It's a cold windy morning, but they brave the weather to go sit and wait for some deer to come past... not much deer action though and Saturday passes. They hunted some on Sunday and Monday, but still no shots fired. Tuesday- Matt heads to the ground blind they moved the day before and takes a heater and school work-...

You know it's been a really wet summer when you see this: