Aaron Feeney

People ask us fairly often what breed our goats are, and the honest answer is: yes. All of them.

If the goats are the chaos of this place, the Kubota 2601 is the thing that quietly keeps it all functional. It moves feed, it moves manure, it moves fence posts and firewood and the occasional stuck truck.

Late June means one thing around here besides garden chores and chasing geese back into their pen: Pacific northwest salmon season is in. Between the goats, the ducks, the emus, and the egg stand at the end of the driveway, fishing season is one of the few times the whole homestead schedule bends around something other than feeding time. If you've got a smoker sitting in the backyard and you're wondering whether this is the year you finally use it for more than burgers, here's how we do...