Feed mills and frost

Yesterday morning we were greeted with the fall's first hard frost.  Which means a few things for the farm.  First off, we have to keep all the ruminants out of the orchard pasture, as the frost reacts with the leaves from the fruit trees and the leaves become poisonous to the ruminates! 

Second, it's a gentle reminder that winter will soon be here, and by winter, I mean snow and inches of thick ice frozen onto our car windows!  As our garage is currently more of a barn than a garage, there is much work to be done to get an open stall, or two, open for our vehicles.

Third, frost means less free food for our ruminants as their pasture will soon be less of a pasture and more of an ice or snow covered area. 

And that brings us to the feed mill! 

Thankfully, we have a great feed mill within 10 minutes of our farm.  The feed mill carries organic feed for our pigs, sheep, goats and chickens. 

When I go to the feed mill for Farmer J, the nice and friendly man behind the counter knows my husband, and what he typically orders, in case I leave my sticky note at home.