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Different seasons demand different leadership

Dear leaders, please be willing to acknowledge when the seasons change – we are counting on you. Here at the farm the season has...

Sheep don’t fly…

I heard my wife say this seemingly obvious statement around lambing time. When Oliver, our first lamb, was born, she would pick him up...

Rocks of Grace Rock

Every late winter, heading into early spring, as the ground thaws and becomes soft, the main gates leading to the cattle develop deep...

Has your ‘call’ called?: Control the control #3

This is Part 3 in the series Control the Control… going through the process of pausing in your life to regain and find your purpose. 1....

Control the Control

When I moved back to Kentucky almost 8 years ago now, I was a control freak. I started working again on the family farm with my father....

We all have coyotes in our lives

The spring has brought the joy of sitting on our back porch as the sun sets. The back porch of our homestead over looks the 180 acres of...

Learning the hard way

There we were. In the red barn staring at a black baby lamb named Oliver. Oliver was 5 days old and was in need of having his tail...