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Soule: Taking Our Calves on the Road - Concord, NH - How is Martha's Vineyard like New Hampshire? It's all about calves and kids

Summer is sneaking up, and it’s time to plan what your kids will do when school lets out. Let me tell you about a fun farm camp that enchanted boys and girls last year.On the first day of the Miles Smith Farm 2022 summer day camp, 19 kids aged 8 to 14...

Farm animals are not tuned in to the sacred aspects of Christmas, but they do enjoy parties – like the upcoming 2022 Christmas on the Farm celebration. Santa is taking a break this year, so Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein-Steer (a.k.a. Topper) will be...

My chair vibrated to the beat of “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins while a platform (with the help of cables and pulleys) levitated over the stage. On the platform, two drummers pounded the beat while laser lights cut through smoke poofing from...

After months of preparation and a three-hour drive to Woods Hole, Mass., we finally drove our truck and trailer, with four bovines and one donkey, onto the ferry for a 45-minute boat ride to Martha’s Vineyard for its 160th Agricultural Fair. This year...

Typically Miles Smith Farm breeding is timed, so calves are born in early spring, so their mothers can get an entire season of abundant green grass to produce plenty of milk for the baby. But when you buy a pregnant cow, the calves arrive when they...

Last Friday nine teams and one camper led ten calves into the improvised show ring. Except for the single camper, one member of each team held the lead rope while the other camper walked behind, herding their calf around the ring. When the judge asked...

This year Memorial Day was hot and sunny – a perfect day to honor those who died for our country, and after memorial services, barbecue a hamburger or two. It was also the perfect day to do a somewhat unpleasant favor for my friends.Diane and her son...

Abby the sheep and June the heifer waited calmly next to their human teammates at the starting line. At the signal, they were off on a relay race. June’s team, the Highland Campers, had challenged Abby’s team, the Sheep Wranglers, to a relay race....

The frost is on the pumpkin, which is terrific for my cattle. Freezing then thawing makes squash squishy and easier for my bovines to chomp into. We still have many pumpkins for want-to-be pumpkin smashers, so come to the farm during store hours to...