http://highhopesgardens.com/blog/2008/04/16/april-16-2008-milo-and-fern/ Can a creative, hard-working family make a living working with nature? Join us on the journey from idea to practice as we revive an Iowa farmstead Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://highhopesgardens.com/blog/2008/04/16/april-16-2008-milo-and-fern/comment-page-1/#comment-18987 Sharon W. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:03:23 +0000 http://highhopesgardens.com/blog/2008/04/16/april-16-2008-milo-and-fern/#comment-18987 Can't believe you guys can name your animals and then sell them and butcher them and eat them. I remember the time we raised a calf for ourselves, naming it "Calfy" (we were terribly original). took us a long time to be able to eat Calfy after we butchered her. We all got in the truck to take her to be slaughtered, with three of us in tears as we waved "good-bye" to her. Can’t believe you guys can name your animals and then sell them and butcher them and eat them. I remember the time we raised a calf for ourselves, naming it “Calfy” (we were terribly original). took us a long time to be able to eat Calfy after we butchered her. We all got in the truck to take her to be slaughtered, with three of us in tears as we waved “good-bye” to her.

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