Order your holiday roast by Dec 14. Please Join me for Christmas on the Farm on Dec 21 from 11 am to 2 pm.

Cupid's Arrow Hits Topper the Ox

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Topper, a 1,400-pound, black Highlander steer, posed for hours next to a sleigh covered with red hearts and gleaming tinsel here on Miles Smith Farm. You'd think a steer would be an unlikely participant in a Valentine's Day event. Well, think again.

An Ox Becomes a Fond Memory

The last time I saw Stash, he was standing at the gate, looking through the slats at me. I walked over, reached out, and popped an apple into his mouth. The next day he was dead.