February was an exciting month for our family. The weather continued to be a roller coaster with freezing rain followed by days of -40 C with a bitterly cold wind. We did a little bit of work on our bull corral, moved quite a bit of snow around and Gregory did quite a bit of […] Read more
The Eppich family welcomes a baby boy
Eppich News: Babies are arriving on all fronts, so not much sleep these days
All the 2021 bales are now home
Eppich News: Some decent weather but then -40 C and a blizzard
There were a few nice days in the middle of January. On Jan. 13, Gregory and I were able to get the last of the slough bales hauled home. We saved the closest for last as they were in the field that is southeast of the home quarter. I drove the tractor around while Gregory […] Read more
The New Year begins with frigid temperatures
Eppich News: It was so cold it made it easier to make a clean cut on tires for feeders
By the middle of December, the temperature had dropped quite a bit. Gregory and John were able to haul most of the slough bales home. It was slow going but it’s good to have more bales home. Some of the bales are good for bedding and some were good enough this year for feed. Right […] Read more
Fencing with rail ties and sucker rod
The materials are relatively affordable and won’t deteriorate any time soon
Fencing — that is an exhausting and expensive subject. We have found that the price of rails and posts continues to go up while the quality of materials continues to go down. It makes the subject of trying to maintain or complete a corral fencing project very sensitive. One of our projects that has been […] Read more
Best of the season from the Eppich household
Eppich News: Work starts to convert hayfield into a spring pasture
The end of November and December was a time of fence building for us. We have a quarter section in Landis (about 32 km from our home place) that we have been using as a hayfield since we bought it because there is no water source and only the idea of a fence. This year […] Read more
Saying goodbye to an old gelding
Eppich News: Calves sold, and cows and heifers are home for the winter
We had a bit of snow on Thanksgiving Day but that quickly went away. October 12 I brought the mares and foals home from the home native pasture so that we could start the weaning process. We put the mares and foals in separate pens with a slab fence between them and with a few […] Read more
A time of Thanksgiving — for a few reasons
Eppich News: Harvest is complete and 2022 will see a new addition to the family
September 21 we finished the last oats field at Handel. The next day we got everything ready and then took three trucks and then the two combines over to Landis to combine the last field of the year. As luck would have it, the oats were too green. There was a second growth coming, which […] Read more
Harvest has a few ups and downs
If weather held, combining would be done by late September
September turned out to be windy with a bit of rain here and there. From September 1 to 5, we had a good run on harvest. In the mornings we would unload the trucks from the night before, service the machines and tend to any minor issues. Joseph, James and I would also usually get […] Read more
New wells producing good-quality water
Eppich News: Rain is welcome even though it interrupts harvest
The beginning of August found us baling buffer zones on the organic land, sloughs and ditches. The bales are few and far between this year. On August 5, we set up the troughs on two of the pastures in Landis in preparation for the wells being dug. We purchased some large mining tires, and with […] Read more
A drilled well needed to find reliable water
Eppich News: Harvest begins in late July as crops mature early
The middle of June was busy with summerfallow, fence fixing and breeding mares. We bred a few mares to outside stallions this year with hopes of getting some fillies to keep for our breeding program. June 26 we got the last of the cows off of hay and out to pasture. We had kept 10 […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
