Polish Ponderosa Farm

09/13/2023

Olga got to go on a bison meat delivery field trip!

09/07/2023

Pretty cool story!

“I was born and raised on this farm. I'm 71 years old, have milked dairy cows for 46 years and started a buffalo herd 23 years ago with three animals just to see if I liked them. After a year I really liked the animals and wanted to pursue a bigger herd, so I bought nine more heifers. Now I have a herd of 125. They eat grass, green beans and drink a lot of water. I don’t feed them grain. The buffalo learned to survive on the Great Plains without man’s interference. When you start throwing in the corn part of it, sure, they'll grow faster, and you'll get bigger animals quicker, but you also changed the quality of the meat. Who helps me with all this? Just me and my two dogs, a border collie and a little rat terrier, but they don’t come up to the buffalo herd. That’s a disaster waiting to happen. The animals, they recognize my voice. They don’t know anybody else’s. I had a fella that wanted to help. He was with me on a four-wheeler, and we were far away from the herd, but we have an old gal out here. Her name is Evelyn, she’s a heck of a cow, but she’s very aggressive. She spotted us and she came clear across the field and didn’t look like she was going to stop until I jumped up on the seat, like a great big grizzly bear and yelled at her. She slammed on her brakes. Then I realized she wasn’t looking at me. She was looking at the guy sitting next to me. She wouldn’t back off so I finally got him across the field, had him crawl through the fence. He had to come all the way around the woods. After he left, no problems, but she did watch him the whole time.”

(Note from Humans of Oshkosh: We met this awesome human at his Berlin farm right outside Oshkosh. We weren’t aware that our cars caused distress to the bison who were moving from one part of the field to another. We had to give the giant animals their space. Lennie’s Polish Ponderosa Farms can be found at the Oshkosh Farmers Market on Main Street on Saturdays. For more information about the farmers market, please visit http://www.osfmi.com/ Photos by Michael Cooney.)

09/03/2023

New water system for the hot weather!

09/02/2023

This watchdog is always on high alert!

06/17/2023

Everyone has their tail swinging on this warm, sunny summer day!

06/10/2023

Any hair stylists out there?

06/10/2023

Round bales or square bales - what’s your preference?

06/09/2023

Olga is turning into a fine farm dog!

06/02/2023

Gavin is turning 9 tomorrow but before celebrating his birthday he wanted to make sure the freezers were fully stocked for you all this weekend. The weather is perfect for grilling!

06/02/2023

Lennie is making hay while the sun shines!

05/18/2023

I can’t tell who loves this more….

05/15/2023

This little diva needs LIKES and SHARES to take her first steps…

05/08/2023

Farmer Lennie held story time on the farm! Allie was captivated but Olga must have heard that one before.

05/05/2023

It’s amazing how quickly this calf went from wobbly first steps to sprinting around with his newfound friends.

05/03/2023

Someone got put in timeout because she just can’t help but bully around the bison.

05/03/2023

All in a days work delivering gas to someone who ran their machine dry in the middle of a herd of Buffalo. ?

05/02/2023

The calf count on the Polish Ponderosa Farm is up to six!

05/02/2023

Things must be going very well for Lazarus and his new wife Lucy - they decided to adopt a Canadian exchange student on their honeymoon!