Steven Orvis (Generic) A Visitor in the Field We made a silly ad about our beef. Watch the short on YouTube How far have you ever traveled for good beef? Join the Firm Foundation Farm email list for more from the farm.... Nov 12, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) The Field Water Tank Is Full The new water tank in the field is full. Water comes in at the bottom of the tank and works its way up to the top, and it leaves through a riser pipe. That means the water being taken off is always fr... Nov 11, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) Where Did the Leaves Go Fall color from above, a little past peak. Join the Firm Foundation Farm email list for more of what we see.... Nov 10, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) A Red Sky in the Evening I just enjoy seeing a red sky in the evening. This one came up red over the field. That's why I like living in the country: getting outside with the cows, and out hunting. Join the Firm Foundation Far... Nov 9, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) Seeing the Turkeys Come Through Three or four wild turkeys were on the edge of our field, by a neighbor. A few of them had their tails fanned out. Having woods nearby and a diverse habitat means we get to see wildlife like this on t... Nov 8, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) A Cracked Nofence Strap Part, and What the Collars Have Done for Our Grazing This cracked green piece is from a Nofence collar strap. It goes over the top of the cow's neck so the chains on either side are not electrically connected. It looks like it just cracked from the catt... Nov 7, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) How We Get Cattle Through the Head Gate (With a Little Candy) That's Shortcake, one of our cows, eating sweet feed in the head gate. We don't have a proper chute, so this is how we get cattle to put their heads through our head gate when it's time for collar mai... Nov 6, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) We Think We Found a Spring, and Something Old Was Sitting in It Start writing here...... Nov 4, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) How We Turned a Wet Spot Into Frost-Proof Winter Water There's a wet spot in one of our fields, and we always figured it might be a spring. This fall we dug into it with the backhoe to find out. What we found was field drains. The pipe was crushed right w... Nov 3, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) Three Calves, a Couple Weeks In, and the Nursery Is Open Start writing here...... Nov 2, 2026
Steven Orvis (Generic) Bluebirds, Bobwhites, and Leaving the Brush Standing There's a bluebird box near our house by the garden, and this is a bluebird on one of our pasture fence posts. An older gentleman I knew made bluebird houses and gave them out to visitors from a stash... 11/01/2026 09:00:00 Nov 1, 2026
