I Shouldn't Complain About the Rain
I KNOW! I'm a farmer in Colorado, we should never complain about free water from the sky. Folks out east of the MIssissippi don't...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jun 2
- 7 min
And now a 3-legged lamb
Yeah, it's been a year. And I am making decisions as an animal-lover, not as a farmer. Stuff happens, but too much stuff has been...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jun 1
- 8 min
A Belated Goodbye to Hattie
A warning that this post is very disjointed. I started it months ago, and couldn't finish it. So some parts read in past tense, and...
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Kristin Ramey
- May 23
- 2 min
Eggs, Stains, and Colors
OK, I'll warn you first that this might be stream-of-consciousness, it kind of came to me while I was washing eggs yesterday. I noticed...
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Kristin Ramey
- Apr 26
- 2 min
And now there are two Rock Stars!
I know I've spoken before about the plethora of spreadsheets I keep to manage the farm. Or, Spreadsheeps, as it were. I track the...
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Kristin Ramey
- Apr 22
- 7 min
I have a moment to catch up... and process some grief
I was looking through photos today and a wave of sadness hit me. Wix recently added a 500MB limit to storage here, so I had to clean up...
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Kristin Ramey
- Apr 21
- 4 min
Thank you, Volunteers!
We finally got the barn cleaned!! This has become a real struggle for us, physically, as the years go on. In the last 2 years or so, age...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 7
- 4 min
What is up with eggs these days!
OK, let me break a few things down for you, and not the eggs, not this time! I can't decide whether to talk from the outside in or the...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jan 2
- 2 min
2022 in Review
Hey, that rhymes! Just me? OK... I can't really say that 2022 was a remarkable or unremarkable. It was a year. It feels like a year that...
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Kristin Ramey
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
Assisted Birth
Sometimes I just need to go in and help. There is likely a statistical probability that some of the times I have gone in have not been...
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Kristin Ramey
- Nov 25, 2022
- 3 min
Introducing...
Yeah, it's a real parade of critters around here. I wanted to take a moment to introduce the two newest additions to the cast of...
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Kristin Ramey
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
Sheepy Data
I love my sheepies. Almost as much as I love sheepies, I love SPREADSHEETS. I have 15 years of data about my sheep flock. Which moms are...
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Kristin Ramey
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
Turkeys are coming...
People have been asking!! Turkey reservations for Thanksgiving ARE coming! The reservation site is going to launch August 28. You won't...
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Kristin Ramey
- Aug 17, 2022
- 5 min
A Tale of Two Steers
OK, I'll be mentioning a total of 4 steers, but really focusing on the two I just took to market, Tweedle Dum and Big Red. So let me back...
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Kristin Ramey
- Jun 12, 2022
- 5 min
Hygge
OK, so folks ask when the farm is open to stop by and purchase stuff. Boy, I wish I had an easy answer for that. The short version of the...
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Kristin Ramey
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Coq au Vin
Ingredients 4 cups red wine 1 large yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced lengthwise 1 bouquet garni (12 sprigs thyme, 5 sprigs parsley,...
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Kristin Ramey
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Shepherd's Pie
Ingredients 2 tbsp. olive oil 1 1⁄2 lb. trimmed lamb shoulder, cut into 1/4″ cubes 2 ribs celery, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely...
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Kristin Ramey
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Moussaka
Ingredients 2 cups plus 3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 6 bay leaves 2 sticks cinnamon 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped 2 lb. ground...
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Kristin Ramey
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
General Tso's Chicken
Ingredients 1½ lb. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 2-inch pieces ⅓ cup plus 1 Tbsp. cornstarch, divided 1 large egg, lightly...
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Kristin Ramey
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Sauerbraten
Ingredients 1 (5-lb.) beef eye of round 2 cups red wine 1 1⁄2 cups red wine vinegar 3 large onions, thinly sliced 1 large carrot, thinly...
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