Animals
Blueberry-peach pie from this past summer's organic peaches and frozen blueberries from
this summer's huge harvest.
Yumm!!!!
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like.....winter!
Winter arrived this weekend, and we plunged headlong into the holiday season. Despite the calendar claiming it still to be Autumn,our world was a frosty wonderland Sunday morning. Nighttime fog had enveloped every bare surface and frozen there by morning......
- Animals, Vegetables And Minerals
In addition to feeding a pelleted feed and supplying unlimited hay,we supplement our goats' diet with a salt lick and a selenium lickto provide trace minerals. Yesterday I placed a new selenium block in the Nigerians' pen. I have noticed in...
- Summer....like A River
The days of summer flow like a lazy river...warm, liquid, always moving forward...unstoppable. We jump into the current and float along...hoping that it will never end. Our summers on the farm are measured by the produce that is in season. We start...
- November Is Here....winter Is Around The Corner!
The past two weeks brought summer-like temperatures.By the end of last week, however, the windsbrought a harbinger of winter....cold...frost on the few vegetables that remain in our garden.The colder temperatures convinced the treesto shed their remaining...
- "big" Tales
You might remember that I had mentioned putting the Bigs on a diet a few months ago. They still remain a little chubby, but certainly not like they had gotten on that rich summer pasture. Each morning, when I arrive at the barn, I open the gate from the...
Animals
Pass The Salt, Please!
Saturday brought the first hard frost of the season,
finishing off many of the plants in and around the garden.
Kale, chard, and collards are all that remain...
We had our first fires of the season this weekend.
It felt wonderful to sit and knit in their warmth!
Sunday warmed up a bit and we spent a bit of time outside with the animals.
Me: "Moonbeam... leave the pigs' hay alone!"
MB: "Who, me?"
So that he doesn't break down that top rail, I closed the door and locked it.
"A guy could starve around here"...
that from a (chubby) guy who just came in from 8 hours of grazing!
I keep a salt lick in the barn for the horses.
Every afternoon, after eating his pelleted supplement,
Moonbeam spends about 3 solid minutes licking the salt lick.
Dessert?
It's quite a phenomenon.
I'll share the abridged edition....
I'll share the abridged edition....
On and on and on....you get the picture!
Me? I prefer this instead!!
Blueberry-peach pie from this past summer's organic peaches and frozen blueberries from
this summer's huge harvest.
Yumm!!!!
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like.....winter!
Winter arrived this weekend, and we plunged headlong into the holiday season. Despite the calendar claiming it still to be Autumn,our world was a frosty wonderland Sunday morning. Nighttime fog had enveloped every bare surface and frozen there by morning......
- Animals, Vegetables And Minerals
In addition to feeding a pelleted feed and supplying unlimited hay,we supplement our goats' diet with a salt lick and a selenium lickto provide trace minerals. Yesterday I placed a new selenium block in the Nigerians' pen. I have noticed in...
- Summer....like A River
The days of summer flow like a lazy river...warm, liquid, always moving forward...unstoppable. We jump into the current and float along...hoping that it will never end. Our summers on the farm are measured by the produce that is in season. We start...
- November Is Here....winter Is Around The Corner!
The past two weeks brought summer-like temperatures.By the end of last week, however, the windsbrought a harbinger of winter....cold...frost on the few vegetables that remain in our garden.The colder temperatures convinced the treesto shed their remaining...
- "big" Tales
You might remember that I had mentioned putting the Bigs on a diet a few months ago. They still remain a little chubby, but certainly not like they had gotten on that rich summer pasture. Each morning, when I arrive at the barn, I open the gate from the...