Animals
- Starting At The Beginning
Before I say anything else....I have to say...you guys are the BEST! So many questions....so many ideas....so much to say.And although the rest of gray winter looms ahead of me...my mind is full of ideas to share with you.I cannot thank you enough! I...
- Farm Livin' Is The Life For Me....
It's hard to believe that all of Summer's excitement is behind us now.And yet in a way, it's kind of nice to have life slow down a bit. Waking up with no required activities, other than the long list of farm choresthat need attending to,...
- Perfection In A Day
Yesterday was the perfect Spring day.And believe me, after the kind of winter we had...I appreciate Spring in a whole new way! Temps reached about 70 with a breeze,which made it perfect for drying laundry. The dogs and I spent a great deal of time out...
- April Showers
Things are rather quiet and uneventful around here these days. We've been sitting back watching the rain, rain, rain... taking a little time here and there for bird watching, and relaxing. (Yes, Maddie is sporting her summer haircut.)(It took...
- Stopping For Directions.....
Another busy weekend at the farm has yielded the completion of a few more projects. My sign is finally finished! I got the idea from "Mary Jane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook" and, last week, spent several days sawing, sanding and painting. Finally...
Animals
I have to share this with you.
It's GREEN!
Significant green...finally here!
The trees and bushes are beginning to bud...
it won't be long now until everything is bursting into bloom.
This little girl
took her first long walk on the farm yesterday.
We walked past the pigs.
Ok, we ran past the pigs (a little scared).
We made it the whole way to the garden,
where she settled down into my jacket and waited for me while I planted
radishes, spinach, lettuce,
onions
and sugar peas.
Look at the rhubarb!
It won't be long until the whole garden is full of edible goodness.
There are so many sights and smells for a little one to take in...
positively fascinating!
The farm world is a really big place with so much to learn about.
We will take it slowly and let Annie gain confidence.
Sam and Oakley came along on our walk...
and Oakley played fetch for a while (his absolute favorite thing!)
My new pumpkin patch is finally tilled...
and I have begun cutting pickets for the garden gate for that patch.
This gate will have pickets that are a combination of flower pots and bunnies.
A fence around this area will be necessary to keep rogue chicken gardeners from
turning my world upside down!
And to Joyce F. who asked how chicks play....
Sit and watch a batch of chicklets some time...
they run, play tag, leap frog, and hide and seek.
Really, they do!
And perhaps you might see them involved in all sorts of make believe!
Whatever it is they are doing, it is certainly joyful...
that is until I enter the house, and then they scramble...
scared out of their little minds!
- Starting At The Beginning
Before I say anything else....I have to say...you guys are the BEST! So many questions....so many ideas....so much to say.And although the rest of gray winter looms ahead of me...my mind is full of ideas to share with you.I cannot thank you enough! I...
- Farm Livin' Is The Life For Me....
It's hard to believe that all of Summer's excitement is behind us now.And yet in a way, it's kind of nice to have life slow down a bit. Waking up with no required activities, other than the long list of farm choresthat need attending to,...
- Perfection In A Day
Yesterday was the perfect Spring day.And believe me, after the kind of winter we had...I appreciate Spring in a whole new way! Temps reached about 70 with a breeze,which made it perfect for drying laundry. The dogs and I spent a great deal of time out...
- April Showers
Things are rather quiet and uneventful around here these days. We've been sitting back watching the rain, rain, rain... taking a little time here and there for bird watching, and relaxing. (Yes, Maddie is sporting her summer haircut.)(It took...
- Stopping For Directions.....
Another busy weekend at the farm has yielded the completion of a few more projects. My sign is finally finished! I got the idea from "Mary Jane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook" and, last week, spent several days sawing, sanding and painting. Finally...