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Farm Life

Solving for X

January 12, 2023January 19, 2023 dalarnafarm

Some days I feel like 99.9% of farm life is “solving for x”. How many bales of hay do I need to make it until

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Sheep

Thank You Doctors

January 11, 2023January 19, 2023 dalarnafarm

“Moving a hand carefully around the uterus I began the fascinating business of sorting out the tangle which is just about my favorite job in

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Ponies

Happy New Years Chariot

December 31, 2022January 19, 2023 dalarnafarm

Happy New Year to me!   All week people kept asking the inevitable question lobbed at all and sundry during particular week of the year

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Ponies

“Connecting” with Jacob

December 27, 2022January 19, 2023 dalarnafarm

Today I had a “moment of connection” with elderly Jake I really, really, REALLY wish I could take back. Jake has been suffering from random

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Farm Life

A Barn Story

December 25, 2022January 19, 2023 dalarnafarm

A barn story for Christmas.   And now for the rest of the story…   If you guys remember, last week I randomly came across

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Fowl

Mordor I Love You

December 7, 2022January 19, 2023 dalarnafarm

It’s a bit scary the things that become “normal” when owning a highly articulate and intelligent parrot. For example, just now I was working late

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Pigs

The S*x Lives of Elderly Pigs

December 4, 2022January 19, 2023 dalarnafarm

The s*x lives of elderly pigs…   Not something I thought I’d ever know about.   When Kong arrived back with me a year ago,

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Fowl Guinea Fowl

And Then There Were Two…

May 10, 2021May 13, 2021 dalarnafarm

And there were two… By some miracle earlier this spring I was able to catch and rehome ALL our #apocalypseguineas except 4. Much like last spring, the

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Farm Life Sheep

Meet Flopsy

April 25, 2021May 13, 2021 dalarnafarm

And the lion lay down with the lamb…. I was adamant that no matter what, we would NOT have a bottle lamb this year. I

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Fowl

Waiting on the Poultry Puffs…

April 20, 2021May 13, 2021 dalarnafarm

Tis the season of missing poultry… I had a hunch that our white turkey hen had gone off to set on a nest but I

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About Me

Former pro chislic judge, current farm blogger and (hopeful) future author, Heather Benson's official day job is as the Digital Strategy Manager for her home state's PBS/NPR member station, South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Originally from Menno, SD and currently residing on a small farm in Western Minnesota, her official night job is shepherding her herd of Icelandic sheep, tending (an undisclosed number) of chickens and trying to convince her demented turkey Lloyd that he cannot, in fact, marry his favorite basketball. Her farm stories can be followed at Facebook.com/dalarnafarm and her first book is due to published in November of 2023.

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