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Waiting out the freeze

February 9, 2026 by Robin McConaughy

It’s been cold. Real cold. The kind of cold that has texture and sticks to you when you come inside. Alternatively, the kind of cold that lets you know if dental work is imminent. The …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags farm market, Great Pyrenees, Heritage Turkeys, pastured lamb, Pastured Turkey, Pork

Ready for 2026

December 30, 2025 by Robin McConaughy
Berkshire in hay

Happy Holidays to everyone! Even though our nuclear family was far and wide, we had a whole flock of friends and extended family here to celebrate the season. Quiet and fun. Fun enough that the …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Berkshire pig, Great Pyrenees, katahdin lamb, pastured lamb, Pastured Turkey, Pork

Thanksgiving ordering in high gear

October 31, 2025 by Robin McConaughy
Nellie with the turkeys

Happy Halloween! We were huddled indoors much of yesterday (much needed blustery, rainy day) drinking pumpkin spice coffee and making soup. But our team is back at it with the sun reportedly coming out and …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Great Pyrenees, Heritage Turkey, Katahdin sheep, pastured lamb, Pastured Turkey, Thanksgiving turkeys

Summer Days Winding Down

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 by Robin McConaughy

Oh the back-to-barnyard drama. It’s been a full season of rotating fields, haying, grazing, and lazing. But fall brings a change of pace and new questions. Which Pyrenees will partner with which? Where will the …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Chicken, farmers market, Great Pyrenees, Heritage Turkeys, pastured lamb, Pork, Thanksgiving

Welcome 2025!

January 7, 2025January 6, 2025 by Robin McConaughy

Well, that was a doozy. There were droughts, eclipses, drones, turkey breakouts, escaped dogs, and orphaned puppies. But we roll into 2025 with a renewed sense of purpose to serve our community and provide the …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags grass fed lamb, Great Pyrenees, lambs, pastured lamb, puppies

In The Summer Zone

September 18, 2024September 3, 2024 by Robin McConaughy

Summer is so busy that it’s hard to keep on top of the cool and funny and just farmy things the animals are doing. Like hanging out in the shade. These pigs can barely container …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Animal Share, Great Pyrenees, Heritage Turkeys, Lamb, Pastured Meat, Pork, Thanksgiving

Summer comin’ in HOT

July 8, 2024 by Robin McConaughy

We have been muddling through these scorchers keeping the animals shaded and watered, and mostly, trying to get the hay up off the ground before it rains. Farm animals are not like us. They don’t …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Great Pyrenees, Sheep, Summer Farm

Guard Dog Puppies!

June 15, 2024March 15, 2022 by Robin McConaughy

Reba and Rafi had a litter!  They are half Great Pyrenees and half Maremma (and 100% cute). These little guys are available April 6. Only 4 left… They are excellent family dogs and love giving …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Great Pyrenees, Maremma

Puppies Are Here!

June 15, 2024March 2, 2021 by Robin McConaughy

Vera and Rafi had a litter of 9 pups on Feb 7. They are pretty darn cute. This is a 50-50 mix of Maremma and Great Pyrenees. Two amazing herding dogs that we use on …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Great Pyrenees, Maremma

Hard Loss for the Farm

June 16, 2024October 13, 2017 by Robin McConaughy

Last week, we lost a great dog: our Great Pyrenees, Captain. Cap was very young to have had so many illnesses and we are still trying to understand what caused his weak immune system. In …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Cap, Great Pyrenees, Rufo

Guess Who’s Going to Camp!

June 16, 2024June 30, 2017 by Robin McConaughy

Well, we got Cisco as a puppy to work with Blue out in the fields, herding animals. And they say the dog must live in the home and not be exposed to the animals until …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Blue, Cisco, Great Pyrenees, Sassy

First Real Snow!

June 16, 2024January 9, 2017 by Robin McConaughy

It was an exciting weekend on the farm with snow and wind making it look quite beautiful. By the time I got out there with the camera, we had a blue bird day with sparkling …

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Categories Farm Blog Tags Bea, Great Pyrenees
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