Held @ Welcome Home Farm in our machinery shed-dress accordingly. The Trap Shack and Welcome Home Farm is located 2 miles west of Arcadia off Highway 95, turn left on River Rd go 3/10 mile then left on Sauer Mill Rd -just past Lutheran cemetery. Tom and Sue Roskos are asking interested participants to call [...]
My brother Tim Salwey, used his carpentry skills to assemble a variety of cedar bird houses per my request. He hammered and nailed together several Bluebird houses, a Wren house, a Kestrel nesting box, a bat house and a duck nesting box. Thanks to Tim for personally delivering the projects. He recommended I paint the [...]
Tom and I attended theWTA District 5 trapping meeting in Independence, WI two weeks ago. It was held at East End Bar on the corner of Main Street. We arrived and immediately in the dining area, friends were inquiring about our sheep and relaying fond memories about raising sheep and bottle lambs. Then we moved to [...]
Mounds of gravel are mashed into the vet van’s floormats along with tidbits of wrappers and an empty sardine can. It’s just delightful to travel the backroads of Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties while on the vet route. Spring is in full swing and we’re giddy with the warm thermometer readings that have hovered around 60 degrees. [...]
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Winter has mellowed and the call of chores and a daily walk to the backwaters has been lovely. The crunching snow under warm boots is the sweet way of it. Moon has been so watchful and rejoices in the voices that sing nature’s triumphant blare. I am the richest person on Earth.
The vet van is [...]
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I finish early morning chores and traverse and trudge through the mushy mixture of cattle manure and slushy snow. The cattle herd stare and watch mesmerized as I walk past them with weighted boots. Eagles decorate the backwaters trees and appear as Christmas decorations so ornately hung by nature. I feel the flap of an [...]
I had the good fortune to again attend the Organic Farming Conference on Feb 27 in LaCrosse,WI. After a delightful early morning drive on a clear and vibrant morning, I arrived at the LaCrosse Center to join 3000 other like-minded souls. The diversity of the crowd is apparent but the belief in good food, [...]
Bud Pierson was again kind enough to open up his fur shed for the WTA District 5 Winter meeting. Since proper notice was not given in the proper form- the official business meeting and election of officers had to be postponed. That meeting for the general membership is scheduled for Friday evening, March 12,2010 [...]