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DaleWood Talks: Progress Ain’t Always Pretty

This week at DaleWood Farms reminded me that progress ain’t always pretty. From hatching new chicks and facing hard decisions in the incubator to building our future farm-to-fork kitchen, every moment carried a lesson in patience and purpose. I dusted off my old Gold Wing and hit the backroads, helped friends and family with their…

November 10, 2025
🥚 The Egg Inside the Egg – A Rare Find on DaleWood Farms

A rare “egg inside an egg” appeared in one of our nesting boxes this week. Learn how this phenomenon happens and why it’s one of the coolest surprises in homestead life.

November 3, 2025
DaleWood Talks: Processing Your First Farm Chicken — Life, Lessons, and Legacy

When one of our older hens passed, we turned a quiet evening on the farm into a hands-on lesson about life, sustainability, and respect for the process. Here’s how Israel learned to process his first bird — step by step, with patience, purpose, and a little hot water.

October 27, 2025
What Discipline Didn’t Prepare Me For

You can do everything right and still feel like something isn’t right.

March 21, 2026
When Support Stops Being Love

Support is essential in relationships—but when support quietly becomes obligation, something important begins to erode. A reflection from DaleWood Talks.

March 8, 2026
The Hidden Cost of Being the Strong One

Strength is often admired, praised, and expected — but endurance without recalibration carries a hidden cost. A grounded reflection on resilience, self-erosion, and sustainability.

February 19, 2026
DaleWood Talks: Winter Is Where Farms—and Men—Are Won or Lost

Winter doesn’t create problems—it reveals preparation. At DaleWood Farms, faith drives the vision, but systems carry us through the hard days. A reflection on winter, discipline, loss, leadership, and why what you build before pressure arrives determines what survives when it does.

December 15, 2025
DaleWood Talks

Farming doesn’t hide its lessons — it delivers them through joy and loss at the same time. This week we lost a goat kid and welcomed Thomas the Royal Palm turkey, reminding us why DaleWood Farms is Pasture-Raised and Purpose-Driven. Some animals feed families. Some feed the land. Some feed the spirit. All carry purpose.

December 7, 2025
DALEWOOD TALKS — A WEEK OF WORK THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

This week at DaleWood Farms was full of long hours, hands-on learning, purposeful work, and unexpected lessons. From helping at the Boone County winter market to processing pork at home and integrating new chickens into the flock, the week revealed growth, grit, and direction. This DaleWood Talks breaks down what the work taught us —…

November 24, 2025
Winter Comes Slow: A Quiet Week on the Farm, a Loud Week in the Heart

Winter rolled in early at DaleWood Farms, slowing everything down except the lessons. From surprise expenses to small victories, this week reminded us that faith, partnership, and community carry us through every season.

November 17, 2025
DaleWood Talks: “The Gift of Showing Up”

DaleWood Farms shares a heartfelt story about reconnecting with family, finding meaning in simple moments, and discovering Chicago’s iconic Beggars Pizza along the way.

October 20, 2025
“From Grill to Grind: A Day Learning with Pit Boss Ernie Verbarg”

From the fields of Dale Wood Farms to the smokehouse of an Indiana legend — join us as we spend a day with master griller and multiple-time State Fair champion, Ernie Verbarg, learning the art of sausage making, the value of craftsmanship, and the heart behind every grind.

October 13, 2025
DaleWood Talks: One Ton at a Time

Sometimes droughts reveal more than they take away. At DaleWood Farms, one ton of gravel turned into more than a pond project—it became a lesson in grit, patience, and building legacy one piece at a time.

October 6, 2025
🐣 Dalewood Talks: The Fragile Miracle of New Life

Dalewood Talks explores the miracle of chick hatching, the fragility of life, and the lessons we can learn about patience, resilience, and hope from the farm.

September 30, 2025
DaleWood Talks: From Branch to Board

At DaleWood Farms, we took on the challenge of turning tree limbs into usable lumber with nothing more than a table saw, a sawzall, and a little courage. Here’s the story of our first attempt at making farm-grown boards—and how you can join the movement.

September 24, 2025
🕸 Dale Wood Talks: Weaving Dreams Into Reality

Watching a spider weave her web made me reflect on birthdays, blessings, and the power of speaking dreams into existence. At DaleWood Farms, we’re learning that persistence and faith can turn the impossible into reality.

September 22, 2025
Goats on the Homestead: Boaz & Ruth, the Forerunners of Our Herd

Discover how Boaz & Ruth, the first goats of DaleWood Farms, are shaping our homestead. Learn the benefits of raising goats for weed control, milk, and meat—plus how goat is enjoyed worldwide as a healthy red meat alternative.

September 19, 2025
DaleWood Talks: Stocking Hope, One Catfish at a Time

At DaleWood Farms, we’re stocking hope one catfish at a time. Our farm pond is more than water—it’s peace, growth, and a future source of food security.

September 17, 2025
Dale Wood Talk: Hatching Hope — How We Set Up Our Egg Turner at DaleWood Farms

We’ve loaded up our new 12-egg incubator at DaleWood Farms! Follow along as we candle, count down, and wait for tiny peeps to break through their shells in just 21 days.

September 15, 2025
Dale Wood Talks: Spark Plug Lessons – Persistence, Faith, and a Farm Budget Fix

When Maci’s Santa Cruz started to shutter and flash a check engine light, we traced it to worn spark plugs. Here’s how we diagnosed, replaced, and tested them — a DIY guide that saves money and teaches persistence.

September 12, 2025
Repurposing Waste into Purpose: Feeding Our Black Beauty Hogs the DaleWood Way

“At DaleWood Farms, waste becomes purpose. With corn from a neighbor, nectarines from a friend, and pasture grass underfoot, our Black Beauties thrive on a regenerative diet. Learn how this small Indiana farm is building a community-supported legacy—one pig, one pasture, one purpose at a time.”

September 10, 2025
DaleWood Talk: Corn, Cars, and Community

Only in Indiana—the corn man, the syrup man, and a vintage GMC rolled into DaleWood Farms. This DaleWood Talk isn’t just about corn—it’s about bartering, community, and why trust is still the best currency we have.

September 1, 2025
DaleWood Talk – How We Turn Free Hickory Logs Into Homesteading Projects

We didn’t buy these hickory logs—we traded service for them. That’s homesteading: adaptability, creativity, and turning raw wood into lasting projects around our pond.

August 25, 2025
From Backyard Pork to Feeding the Community: A DaleWood Farms Talk

Let me tell you about this boar. You’re looking at a fully grown KuneKune hog, over 200 pounds, short and stocky like he’s built for low gear, but packing some of the best-tasting pork you’ll ever eat. Wide shoulders, thick hams, fat marbling in all the right places—this is what slow, intentional farming looks like.…

August 18, 2025

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