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Happy Saturday morning from the farm! The temperature was a beautiful 42 degrees this morning with no below freezing temps in the 2-week forecast. One of the sheep we should have culled weeks ago, tha
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Colonel's Blog
322 posts on farm life, food freedom and raising real food in the Missouri Ozarks. Fighter-pilot habits applied to livestock, with the wins and the failures both written down.
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Happy Friday!! This is my 69th blog publication and it's Fast-Jet Friday! So much to discuss... First, a tribute to the Fighter Aircrew, past and present, of this great nation. Pics 2,3, and 4 are the
Foraging in the Ozarks
The storms passed our area yesterday without much fanfare. We had an initial gust-front but the Ozarks seemed to break up the thunderstorms so instead of major storms, we just got about 1/2" of rain.
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We got an early start today so we could complete morning rounds prior to the storms that should roll through around 1000. It was comparatively warm this morning and we were able to shed the Carhartt c
Transition
Ghost Tank TJ Nala Stella Colonel's Blog, Earthdate 21 Feb 2023... Hey Y'all! Good morning and happy Tuesday from Free Missouri! It was 39 degrees this morning with the temps expected to get up to the
Incubating
Happy holiday Monday! I was curious about President's Day so I perused the History Channel's website for some...well...history. This particular holiday was the 5th nationally recognized bank holiday,
Big Reds
Check out our newest video, posted yesterday: Bull practices for olympic hurdles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKqmXw_i4_Y&t=6s Good morning and happy Sunday! It was a cool, frost on the ground, bu
Calf Update
We published another YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKqmXw_i4_Y&t=6s Good morning and Happy Saturday! It was a beautiful, sunlight sparkling off of the ice crystals on everything, 24 d
Flexibility
Happy Fast-jet Friday!! Bottom pic is from one of my favorite aviation photographers, David Lister, capturing the Bolars moving fast through the Welsh mountains. It was a chilly 26 degree morning but
Goose Egg
Happy Thursday from Air2Ground Farms! We had some pretty strong thunderstorms overnight as a cold front passed through the area. Our morning temp of 52 degrees will drop throughout the day until it hi
Culling
Happy Wednesday afternoon to you! Yesterday, we lost a ewe that we have been nursing along. The stress of a storm is sometimes just too much for them. So, we took her to the bone-pile. This morning we
Hay Blanket
Happy rainy Tuesday from the farm! It was sprinkling when we woke up this morning. Gladly, we had a break in the rain and stayed dry while we completed morning rounds. The milk cows must have been in