One Year Later

Well we just reached our official one-year anniversary of Murphy Meadow Farms selling our grass-fed and finished beef and pasture-raised chickens from our farm. It’s been a big year to…

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New batch of chickens

Yesterday we picked up from the butcher the first batch of our delicious pasture-raised chickens. Raised without antibiotics and no growth hormones. We cared for these chickens in the shelter…

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Running two herds

Good morning from the cows! Currently we are running two separate herds but since their paddocks are next to each other they like to greet (and likely complain to) one…

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Spotlight on Bruce

Spotlight on Bruce!! Bruce has been our main bull on the farm for the past few years. We bought Bruce from a farmer friend and I think he is seven…

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Square bale challenges

If you’ve talked to any farmer recently chances are they have been busy haying (cutting, baling, hauling or wrapping….or all of the above). You need the hay to be dry…

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What is rotational grazing?

What a gorgeous day!! Although it would have been nice to enjoy a kid-free leisurely morning (kids slept at their grandparents house last night), there was just too much to…

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