The Farm Feed

July 10, 2026 — Crafty husband who loves goats

We are blessed to take one day a month for “solitude” at our workplace, so Jeff decided to spend some time this morning working on upcycling an old wooden pallet, adding some legs, and letting the dairy goats have a new toy.

Looks like they sure do love it!

July 9, 2026 — Is it possible to feel both Guilty and Grateful?

If you’re in or around Lincoln you know how roasty it’s been getting these days.

I for one, have never gotten used to the Nebraska humidity since we moved here in 1999. So I’m usually a MESS of sweat, exhaustion, and certain death once it hits about 90° with high humidity.

Thankfully I was blessed with Jeff as a husband who knows I don’t handle the heat well, so on days like this he takes care of the evening outside chores and I stay in to get caught up on some much needed inside chores.

Yes, I do certainly feel guilty but equally as grateful 🥰

July 8, 2026 — Cleaning out the cattle shed

The cattle have been out on pasture since late spring, spending most of their time resting in the grasses or under the trees.

But when summer storms roll in or the crazy heat spikes, they head straight for the shelter of the cattle shed.

This week Jeff used the skid steer to scoop out their pens so they have a clean, dry area for the storms tonight.

A friend of ours loves this stuff for his gardens in Crete, so Jeff moved it all to an unused pen and loaded up Joel’s dump truck when he arrived earlier this evening.

Now the cattle have somewhere safe and dry to be whenever the storms decide to roll in.

June 21, 2026 — Father’s Day bull calf

Mabel delivered our first bull calf of the season today – right during our Penner Father’s Day lunch!

She had no complications, and he’s a BIG bull calf 🙂

He’s mostly white with some red/brown color on his head.

I think we’re going to call him Taco 🌮

June 20, 2026 — 2 Lambs Sold

We sold our first 2 lambs for the year to our friend Mikaela who also purchased 4 of our baby goats earlier this spring.

We are sad to see them go, but they will have a happy home with a young family and some new goat cousins!

Thanks Mikaela 🥰

Interested in American Blackbelly Lambs? Let us know 👉🏻

June 15, 2026 — Hay Week

Jeff is busy this week with hay cutting.

Yesterday, he cut our grass hay fields, today he is cutting our neighbor’s fields, and then raking/baling both.

It’s going great with our new Enrossi Hay Rake (you can see the cows in our pasture)!

June 14, 2026 — It’s a girl 🤩

At 1pm today, Padme had a baby and we named her Eden (like the garden)!

She’s our last goat kid of the season and… we’re going to keep her 🙂

(photos coming soon)

June 8, 2026 — 1st Cutting Alfalfa field

After a VERY dry and somewhat concerning spring, late May and June arrived with a lot of rain and we were finally able to get a cutting on our alfalfa field this week.