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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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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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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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Shut the Gate!

January 11, 2021January 27, 2021 dalarnafarm

Who watched the new All Creatures Great and Small on PBS last night? I will refrain from any big spoilers but I think we all

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Death is Just Off-Stage

April 2, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

On a farm, death is never far away. Predators, disease and old age take their toll but spring, the season of birth, is all too

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Lambing 101 by Evie

March 20, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

Like so many children, my daughter is home from school for the duration of this strange time in world history. While next week her school

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Change

March 19, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

It’s hard to live through anything that so quickly changes everything about your “normal”. The things that commanded our worry and attention 10 days ago

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Baby Blenda Update

March 16, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

More good news mission work–Today an update on Baby Blenda. Almost a year ago, we had a little lamb who absolutely should not have made

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Tied Down

February 28, 2020October 28, 2020 dalarnafarm

Quite regularly, someone seems to say to me “Oh but doesn’t that farm and all those animals really tie you down?” Why yes, yes they

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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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