Click on this to open for information on our Open Farm Afternoon on Aug. 21st from 1-4 PM near Arcadia, WI    Doc Tom and Sue Roskos offering a free afternoon

A few weeks ago we were out with a conservation acquantence in the backwaters. We canoed and tied up the Michicraft along shore. Then we walked and talked and saw a glamorous stand of ferns. A whitetail deer fawn lept up after Tom was three feet away in the grass. I photo’ed Big Bend from [...]

The backwaters are bursting with activity and celebrates Spring in it’s unique way. Lily pads are popping under the pressure of the rolling carp. The water is churning and appears to be boiling with the thrashing and motion of the carp doing their Spring thing.
My wish was to make an easier path for little legs, [...]

Spring arrived in WI early, but always on time. The clouds and winds have whipped in and whirled the rains our direction. The Canadian Honkers have become quiet and less visible as I walk past their nesting spots. The deer blocks I put out have remained un-touched. Our 3 year old son has mentioned to [...]

A day to come and tour our farm will be August 21, 2010. Midwest Bio-Ag has put a corn test plot in this Spring here. Doc Paul Dettloff has given us corn to plant and test growth on. A great way to get up close with our animals, pastures and see the critters and places [...]

We’ve been trimming apple trees in the Spring breeze. For marketing purposes-we classify the apples as natural. Spring time is when we apply Organical to the base of the trees. Organical is a product that we purchase through Midwest Bio-Ag and it is listed as an item that’s compatible with heading towards organic certification.
Tom was caught [...]

 Easter eggs are  all colored with marbled marks from vegetable oil co-mingling with dyes. Stickers are affixed to the boughten white egg shells. Tom had hard boiled them. It’s giving the eggs a bath in bowls of colored water.  Hands ladling red water  with a spoon across the hard shells. It’s a beaming Grandma Sharon [...]

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 [...]

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.  [...]

February 2010-I’m on all fours trying to crawl in the bottom of the decrepid, rusty green feeder wagon. Howling giggling and cattle munching fills the winter air. Tom’s amused and hands me his coveted knife. He reaches through the cattle panel and somehow my fingertips clasp the tool. Tingles are pulsing in my toes as [...]