So much to Celebrate

We were out in the corn field last night putting the finishing touches on the design for the maze this year. Each year we are anxious as we draw the design by hand (and by we, I mean Tia). We will need to wait till mid September to get the ariel view and see the...

A new season for the dairy

We live in a world of change – constantly moving circumstances.  This year will find us at 10 years on the Pumpkin Patch, and we also celebrated 45 years in the dairy business.  February 29th we sold all our milk cows, as part of a plan to transition to an...

Beau’s Big Day

We’re headed out to a celebration!  One of the best kind!  We are headed to Disneyland to celebrate Beau’s remarkable recovery, and what better place!! For those of you that might be new to Thomasson Family Farm, my grandson, Beau, was severely burned in...

A New Season Approaches

I’m here to start to bring you up to date on all the events around the family and the farm – and there are a lot of them!  We have new family members, by the marriage of my oldest granddaughter, and we welcomed a new baby at Christmas.  A  new  dairy farm,...

Spring Planting is in Full Swing!

It’s always a big relief on the farm to start anticipating the arrival of spring, even with all the work it brings.  With the sunshine comes the season of work in the fields, and tractor-time for me!  My happy place is on a John Deere pulling a disc around the...

Ready to Roll!

Our big John Deere 2755 got an overhaul this week and is ready to roll back out to the field. She’s been laid up all winter waiting for time (and money) to replace the clutch and pressure plate. Thanks to our friend and mechanic, John, for doing the big job!...