Fair-View Farm Blog

We had a great trip this past weekend. Our family was able to get away for a few days before everything gets really busy on the farm. We headed south to the state of Missouri, and it was really fun to see tall green grass and trees fully leafed out, but then hard to come home to cooler weather, bare trees and brown. But spring is on it's way here too, right? (As I write this, it's cold outside and it's snowing- Can I go back to MO?) Enjoy some snapshots of the trip. The Laura Ingalls Wilder cabin near Pepin WI. I've always enjoyed her books and it was interesting to see just how small the "little house in the big woods" was. Only now it's surrounded by fields and cleared land. Not very big is it?! We made a stop at Bass Pro Shop near Des Moines (a city that was incorrectly pronounced for fun the entire trip). This was probably Silas' favorite part of the trip. He loved it and could have spent hours there.... however some of us were ready to ...

It's a lovely sunny day here!   Here is a peak at what is happening on the farm... These baby goats joined the farm yesterday- the first babies of the spring… A bit earlier than normal due to a certain Mr. Goat who didn’t stay where he belonged.   I also rediscovered how hard it is to take good pictures when heat lamps are involved, so I apologize for the less than ideal lighting and coloring in these pictures.  A single A set of triplets "I have an itch"  They might be small (only weighing 3-4 lbs) but they are sure cute!  If you'd like to meet them, stop by- the goat herder would be happy to show them to you. 😉 Boiling down some sap from the maple trees: Cooking it down to get the good stuff.   This project which has been in progress on and off for a couple years, made it out of the shop today. The work still isn’t over since it doesn’t start without being pulled, but they had it running for a w...

Trying to be serious...    ;)   This past weekend, 5 of us siblings switched music styles and played classical music with the local symphony orchestra for two concerts over the weekend. Some of us played the whole concert, the others just played for a song or two. Since we were all dressed in black, I decided that we really needed to take a couple pictures, because who knows if we'll all ever be dressed in same color again. :) Ready for concert #2 Notice that Matt has passed all of us in height!