We always enjoy our annual trip to the Dickinson College farm.
OLD FARM – NEW FARMER
Upon arrival in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania on a beautiful Friday afternoon, we took a trip to a nearby farm that was recently bought by some new farmers. They are raising many things, including mushrooms for the same market that our friends Matt & Jenn sell at.
HAPPY HENS
The afternoon light was just right for a srtoll around Rod’s farm. They have been putting a lot of work into it since they bought it a year or so ago.
GOOD LOOKING FARMERS
Mat & Beya, quite a pair. After returning to Matt & Jenn’s farm, we wandered up the hill to look at the cows.
ALL KINDS OF DWELLINGS
Yurts on the left house the farm’s apprentices, while the house on the right is for bluebirds.
BOVINE BUDDIES
It’s obvious that Matt loves his cows – they are a mix of angus and herefords.
FREE CHOICE MINERALS
The farm built a movable mineral feed station that offers a variety of elemental minerals – salt, calcium, etc. The bits of cloth hanging down as well as the cloth covering the uprights are soaked in a natural fly repellent that will get applied to the cows as they rub against them – or at least that’s the idea.
TONGUES
Cow tongues are certainly something else – entirely.
COW WHISPERER?
I believe that this beef cow recognized Bob as a vegetarian.
HANDSOME YOUNGSTERS
And they were outstanding in their field!
DEEP THOUGHT?
Or Not.
SPOOKY
The cow on the right is named Spooky, the one on the left is Number ? When we shared these photos with grand-niece Alana she asked, “Why are the cows still wearing their price tags?”
BAA RAM EWE
And then there were sheep, and lambs!
AREN’T THEY CUTE?
Who doesn’t find lambs adorable? Maybe their nursing mom.