The Balde Farm LLC

12/05/2025

Is it just me! It can't be!

Trying to sleep at night is almost impossible!

But an hour before I have to get up, I could literally sleep for the rest of the day!

The bed just feels so much more cozy when it's time to get out of it.

Anyone else struggle with this?

12/05/2025

Check it out!

Isn't it beautiful!?! 🤣

I actually made this out of sugar cookies so the color is throwing me off a bit. Lol

I don't go out and buy anything to decorate it with so I just used what I had lying around. And now that it's done, I remembered that I had lots of other stuff I could've used. Good thing I made more than one! Maybe I'll make a little town. Lol

Do you make gingerbread houses with your kids or friends? Do you actually eat them? I never did. But I bet the animals would love to demolish this! 🤔 I may have just came up with a new Christmas tradition for the farm!

12/04/2025

On cold nights like tonight, this is such a wonderful sight!

The men cut and split wood from Spring to Fall. They get most of it from local places for free where you haul it away yourself. So it doesn't cost any money, just a lot of hard work. But it is so nice to have heat and hot water without any increase in utility bills!

Fun fact, we used such little propane that the company sent us a letter saying we either have to purchase some or start paying for the tank. 🤔 So of course we got it filled. We do use it to heat the water in the warmer months. That just goes to show how much the boiler saves us! I can't imagine the cost of propane for the cold months in Wisconsin! 😱

Anyone have a boiler? Do you love it as much as we do?

Do you have propane? Do you dread the bills in the cold months?

Stay warm friends!

12/04/2025

HAVE YOU HEARD!?!

RECALL ALERT!

Check your fridge!

Especially here in Wisconsin where we LOVE our cheese!

Huge recall alert for metal in the cheese!

Do you have any of the recalled cheese?

12/04/2025

Vixen and Maisy each have their own feed bucket. Yet they prefer to share them both. They'll take turns with the first one, then go and share the other one.

I'm going to move the other one right next to this one and see if they'll eat side by side. Lol

As of now, I hand feed the meds to be sure they each get their doses.

Silly ladies!

12/04/2025

WE'RE BACK!!!

Just in time for your Christmas baking needs, we're opening tomorrow 8am to 5pm or until sold out!

We'll have sourdough bread, banana bread, cookies and scones available.

Come checkout the new look of our Farm Stand!

As always, we'll have feed available for purchase so you can visit our friendly animals while you're here.

See you tomorrow!

12/03/2025

Wow! That was A LOT more difficult than I expected!

My first time trying to make pasta from scratch and let me just say, I hope it is similar to sourdough. It was so difficult to roll out. Granted I used a rolling pin. But still, I didn't expect it to be that hard! So hopefully it's just a learning process like sourdough was.

Have any of you made pasta from scratch? Got any tips? Of course I immediately sent it an SOS message to our Italian family in Milan to ask for guidance. But they're 7 hours ahead so I won't hear back until tomorrow lol.

I'm wondering if the Kitchen Aid attachment is worth it! 🤔

If you've got any advice, drop them in the comments please!

12/03/2025

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12/03/2025

12/03/2025

Good morning my sweet friends!

These cuties never fail to put a smile on my face! They're all so friendly and love attention.

Seeing them brings me such joy!

Have a blessed day Balde Farm friends!

12/02/2025

Pickles and Penelope. Two P's in a pod...

We've put in lots of extra straw for the girls. And they live to bury themselves in on these colder nights.

It's so cute when they're buried and they wake up. The straw starts to move and then suddenly there's a snout poking out.

Pigs are seriously one of my favorite animals! They're so smart and funny.

12/02/2025

Got eggs? Let's check...

We do!

We've got lots of colorful eggs here on the farm!

Still going to get a few more ladies next spring to expand the rainbow though.

Egg math is worse than chicken math when you're chasing that rainbow of eggs!