Long sweet days on Welcome Home Farm. A blurry fog fills my lungs as I step off the cedar porch. Immediately I search for the deer/bear formation in the sky. Easily I spot the formation and look @ the space between the stars. I feebly fumble for my mini maglit flashlight. Sheep beg for their [...]

Buffalo County Water Trapping Opens October 31!

Tom here and the anticipation mounts as we approach the opening of water trapping this Sat. Oct. 31st!  An explosion of smells greet the nose on these cool damp mornings. The scent of fallen leaves, damp earth and the spicy aromas of the backwaters stirs the memories of [...]

Oct. 24, ‘09-Hawken and I took a car ride to the Recycling Center this AM. On our ride there we converse about the Polish chicken with feathers on it’s head. He says, “Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!” We giggle with reckless abandon as though we said it [...]

Oct. 24, ‘09-We took our lunch break in the backwaters. This time of year we are booked rather full on vet route and feel the approach of colder weather and client’s hoping to get cattle vaccinated. Between appointments @ the Shack to sell products or vaccinate dogs and the farm and vet route-we opted to [...]

Oct. 11, ‘09-A wave of customers started to flow to our farm over the past week. When we happened to be off the vet route and home, we opened the door to the Trap Shack. Seems they got the open house date confused and were eager to meet the Last River Rat. We were ready [...]

Oct. 2, ‘09-Walking towards the duck and geese kennel, I find my eyes drawn up-ward. In the darkness I see so much light shining from the stars. I think of my brother Tim Salwey, and observe the deer formation formed by 12 stars. Many moons ago, Tim took me aside and showed me the outline [...]

Sept. 09-We have 2 old Ford tractors wanting a chance to plow fields again. Tom’s late parents were Verna and Roy Roskos. 1950 the lil’ Ford 8N was their first tractor. That tractor was utilized to plow, disc, plant, drill grain, cut and bale hay, cutlivate corn and haul manure. In 1971 Verna and Tom [...]

We are Doc Tom and Sue Roskos and we operate Welcome Home Farm. I am a licensed large animal veterinarian in WI. I’ve been in solo practice for 25 years. my wife Sue has worked on our farm and vet practice for 10 years with me. August of 2007, we started this trapping supply business. [...]

The annual flowers are still brilliant. Zinnias were planted in spring with our son Hawken. Special times for me to tend gardens with our 3 year old. I walk past the garden and Billie tugs @ his chain. He’s a white, pygmy goat that’s castrated. Billie is old enough to drive a car. His hut [...]

I’d love to share with you what is happening on our farm and in the backwaters. The Trempealeau River flows through our cattle’s pasture. Muir Creek flows into the Trempealeau River. We’re 2 miles away from Arcadia, WI. My name is Sue Roskos and my husband is Thomas C. Roskos. By schooling I’m a nurse [...]