Retirement, Farm Style
My retirement focus is training working steers and oxen, and the children who want to work with them. Raising cattle for slaughter doesn’t require that we get to know them. But training cattle to work in a yoke is different.
Count the Happy Cows Who Love Their Hay
Count The Happy Cows Who Love Their Hay
Curious Bleu and the Great Pumpkin Feast
Don't miss the fun. Bring your gently used (or not) pumpkins and squash for our Scottish Highland cattle to enjoy. The squishier the better. Bring them anytime to Miles Smith Farm in Loudon, NH. Curious Bleu will love every bite.
Late Night Walk with Cows
The moonlit dirt road shimmered under my feet in the dark as if I were walking on stars. My companions for this hike were Missy, the Scottish Highlander cow, and six Angus heifers. I had not planned this late-night walk; it was the consequence of negligence.
How to Feel Amazing Love for a Scottish Highland Ox
When a 2,000-pound creature decides you’re worth listening to, it feels a little like magic. Not the glittery fairy-tale kind—more like the “pinch me, I can’t believe this works” kind. The kind of magic we could all use.
Do You Love Cows? Here's Another Reason to Love Them
Horned cattle may not be as danerous as they look.