Walker Farm at WH

@hana_narai that's stunning

木瓜、ストック、バラ、ラナンキュラス、雪柳をいけました。

1st md visit after losing weight: how did you do it? keto. lecture on dying of a heart attack and unsustainability next visit: how did you do it? (guess he didn't want to note keto last time) cut out crap carbs and upped protein and watched quality of fats. awesome. that, btw, was my last MD visit.

What you expect when you tell your doctor you're going keto for your diabetes: "Interesting, the evidence base is actually quite strong for that. Let's monitor your HbA1c in three months and reduce your metformin as the numbers come down." What you get: "That's quite extreme. Where are you getting your fibre? You'll need to be very careful about your saturated fat intake. I'd recommend speaking to a dietitian before making any drastic changes." What the dietitian says: "Make sure you're including plenty of wholegrains."

Doctor: "Your type 2 diabetes markers have completely normalised." Patient: "Yes." Doctor: "And you've lost 22 kilos." Patient: "Yes." Doctor: "The blood pressure medication..." Patient: "I stopped taking it. Blood pressure is 118 over 76." Doctor: "You stopped without telling me?" Patient: "I told you I was going to change my diet." Doctor: "I didn't think it would... I mean, type 2 is chronic." Patient: "Apparently not always." Doctor: "What did you actually do?" Patient: "Removed sugar and seed oils. Ate meat. Walked." Doctor: "That's it?" Patient: "That's it." Pause. Doctor: "We're told it's a progressive condition." Patient: "It progressed in the wrong direction for them." He kept the file open a long time before he typed anything.

@LibertyJen that's hysterical

Yes, you need to see a highland cow with a Bob Ross cut today.

@scottwestacre I swear it's like they WANT to die sometimes - not actively, kinda like a hobby................ good luck.

Twin calf is learning the bottle feeding but she has been a struggle. Another day or so and we will be there but this is the most time consuming part. Health is good

Good morning

I remember growing up in Oregon. My mom and grandmother did a lot of canning and freezing food so we would go to the local farms where you could grab a bucket and go pick whatever you wanted yourself. Do they do that sort of thing anymore anywhere?

@TKRanch yup, lol

@walker_farm A strong accent.

A more frequent call on our business line all the time. “Hello” “I want goat.” “We don’t sell goat.” “I want goat.” “We don’t raise goats.” “I need goat.” “You will have to look elsewhere” “Find me goat” “Sorry, we can’t help you” Caller, hangs up.

@miles_commodore Ditto

The pollen is kicking my butt. I’ve never had it this bad in March before.

@CaryKelly11 The first beef I harvested were HUGE. we played Tetris with the meat and filled 3 24 ft chest freezers. it's amazing.

This reminds of coming back from trick or treating as a kid. I would dump all my candy out on the kitchen table see how many candy bars, gum and candy corn I got. And with this same level of excitement. Source: rrayyme IG

my grandfather (born 1888) was lucky enough to meet Dr Price and said he was a "transformative" person - luckily, I was raised by my mom with natural foods and holistic medicine until she gave in when I was a teen. But since I had the background, it was easy to go back to. Transformative is the correct word - in so many lives. Too bad we lost it - hope it's making a noticeable resurgence.....

In the 1930s, a dentist named Weston A. Price travelled the world studying traditional diets and the dental health of populations that had not yet adopted Western food. He visited the Swiss alpine villagers (raw dairy, rye bread, occasional meat), the Gaelic fishermen of the Outer Hebrides (oats and seafood including fish organs and eggs), the Maasai (milk, blood, meat), the Inuit (seal, walrus, fish, virtually no plant food), and dozens of others. What he found in every traditional population: broad facial structure, well-developed dental arches, near-absence of tooth decay, strong bones, robust physical development. What he found in the same populations once Western flour and sugar arrived: narrowed dental arches, crowded teeth, cavities, reduced facial development in the next generation. All the traditional diets he studied were rich in animal products. None of them were built on low-fat, high-grain principles. The divergence happened at exactly the moment the Western food arrived. Price called it "displacing foods of modern commerce." His book was published in 1939. We spent the next eighty years doing the opposite of what it recommended.

@TwylaHoney @simpyblessedoma @MaryBowdenMD @SNUpshaw same as the PhD "doctor". yeah, technically...................... can you prescribe narcotics? that's the line in the sand.................

@simpyblessedoma @MaryBowdenMD @SNUpshaw My pet peeve RN, DNP (Doctorate Nurse Practitioner) calling self "Doctor". It misleads many patients. That is harmful to patients.

It's interesting how DOs cannot call themselves MDs, but someone with a MBBS (foreign medical degree that is typically 3 years shorter than an American degree) can call themselves "MD." We need to change that.

@Stopthetweak69 @CaryKelly11 truer words..................

@CaryKelly11 @walker_farm The best side to a steak is another steak

Can’t decide on the 14 OZer or the 2-10 OZers. 🤔

@AmmousMD extra points for doing it with livestock

Getting sleepy after lunch? 😴 What you need isn’t coffee ☕️ It’s a walk outside in the sun ☀️🚶‍♂️

@DRanchLife we use old street sweeper brushes from the town on a wooden fence post.

Hey farm peeps. Has anyone successfully invented a portable scratching post for livestock that works? The Sheep are about to tear this cattle panel shelter apart by scratching on it.

ALL cows have a poll. That's what the horns grow out of. If they don't have horns all you see is the POLL so that's what they call them. if they have horns, that's what you see so that's what you say. Some breeds have the horns bred out of them (polled herefords). They ALL have polls so it IS a little confusing.

@walker_farm When you say “polled” …..you mean born with no horns…..think I will google AI

still filling the cute cow request box

@Brondie13 OMG thanks for sharing - great! one of my FAVORITE and original cows was 111 - I usually name them but that was too great a number to not keep. Her nick name was 11, lol..... great color

@Brondie13 thanks - they are

@walker_farm Beautiful