Three Cups of Tea

Friends,
Here is a link to the great book by Greg Mortenson Three Cups of Tea. Greg is a former mountain climber who has been building schools in Pakistan and Afganistan. There is also a link to the Central Asia Institute that you can follow to learn how to help him. Books instead of bombs makes more sense to me.
Dale

Dusty & Dale

Here is a picture of Dusty and me. She was dumped at our place as a pup a year ago. She likes to follow me when I chore. Sometimes she can even be helpful!

Keeping a Family Cow

Here is a great resource for rural families looking for information on keeping a family milk cow. Joann Grohman is the book author (Keeping a Family Cow) and runs a discussion group on all aspects of taking care of your cow.

Garden Link

We are trying a new method on our garden this year from the High Brix Garden people. We started with a soil test and follow up with various natural products and foliar sprays. I will try to post some comparisons between store produce and our garden produce latter this summer. The goal of this method is to grow higher nutritional quality produce.

New Jersey heifer calf

Here is Sandy. She is 3 1/2 weeks old in this image. Her Mom is Cassie and her Dad is Gearld Fry's grassfed Jersey bull from New Zealand.

Grassfed Beef Source

Dr. Julie Williams and Larry Wagner produce grassfed beef. Here is a link to their website. They have Irish Black and Hereford cattle.

In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan recently released In Defense of Food. This interesting book will change the way you eat.