What follows below is a reprint of the final husbandry article that appeared in the Spring 2010 issue (the final hardcopy produced) of Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles. For those of you that haven’t seen it before, here you go. For those of you that have already read it, my apologies. Again. If nothing else, I figure that…
Given that we have known each other for less than a decade, we have quickly amassed quite a history with our friends Ryen and Ursula Munro of Tripping Gnome Farm. Though the professional and the personal don’t always blend well, we feel very blessed that in this case they have. There are times of the…
This is the story, seen from Cas-Cad-Nac’s perspective, of how a superlative young Herdsire came to join our ranks. For the other side of the same story, one that is admittedly missing the elements of darkness and loss, check out Scott Young’s excellent narrative here. When we lost our beloved and iconic Herdsire, SuperNova, this…
So the learning curve for the young man pictured here might be a bit steeper than most before he reaches maturity. Admittedly there are working Herdsires on this farm (who’s identity shall be protected for the sake of their reputations) who have, in their enthusiasm, tried a similar stunt as adults. Sorry boys, the females…
It’s funny how even with all of the activities that take place here daily there are certain parts of the farm that even we don’t see or visit very often. One of those places is this beautiful little slice of heaven off the northeast corner of the CCNF Arena, what is known internally as pen/paddock…
We learned a long time ago that co owning Herdsires can be a LOT more fun if you get along with your partners and share a common goal. You’ll notice if you poke around our web site that we have chosen our partners rather carefully. Admittedly this policy of co owning animals only with folks…
