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About Meredith Bernard
Cows and blackberry cobbler
Last weekend was busy! We shored up our cattle working pen, weaned some more calves, ground some more corn and…
Grinding corn and baking ‘blueberry dump cake’
Sometimes you gotta just farm it. Because sometimes I forget I can do things on my own, until I try….
From pond to plate: A southern fried fish tale
Last week we took a day off to go fishing as a family. Then I made a mess frying the…
Farm truck cleaning, short rib and sweet tea hacks
I finally cleaned my truck (well…sorta), shared how I cook my short ribs and how I keep our house hydrated…
“It finally rained y’all” in North Carolina
It finally rained y’all..and we needed it. Feeding cows, talking about snakes, making burgers, sharing a love for butter and…
Seeding, tank farming and first-gen fun with Meredith
Meredith gets busy with seeding pearl millet for hay, cutting down trees, pulling tanks (just a little nervous). She says:…
It’s in the tank: Hay field prep with Meredith
Meredith preps her hay fields for re-seeding in North Carolina, USA, tests her muscles, and rocks out in the feed…
Raking and rolling: Cutting hay in North Carolina
Feeling all the happy hay feels here! Our first-cut hay is mowed, raked, rolled and out of the fields. And…
Spring corn planting begins in North Carolina
#Plant19 is on and in the ground here! Last week my husband dropped corn, my son dropped a turkey and…
This Farm Wife cooks cast iron skillet cornbread
Cornbread is all the goodness of my southern raising in a cast iron skillet, slathered in butter. I grew up…
No Bull: Changing minds and cooking ‘calf fries’
It’s “changing mind” time on our farm, which means making steers out of bull calves. For the first time, I…
‘The Road Back’: US beef farmer shares her weekend
US beef farmer Meredith shares her weekend: My girl leaves for four days, cows get fed, oven gets cleaned…and the…
From farm to city, to farm again
Last week I went back to the city, hung out with new people, learned new things, and realised again how…
First spring flings – cattle farming in the USA
Spring means a lot of things to a lot of people. Two of my favourite things to do are mow…
Rolling along: Beef and bikes in North Carolina
Rolling along with meat pick-up, a rabbit stew, new bike and 5,000 subscribers! What?! Thank y’all so much for being…
This Farm Wife gets mail from Farmer Derek
This Farm Wife gets mail from that cow trombone guy, Farmer Derek. And she shares some other fun mail items,…