The puppies are 6 months old! They are just about as tall as our Golden Retriever and definitely bigger than our 30-pound hound mix, much to his dismay. They play with both older dogs, and seem to be much more gentle with the Golden {she’s going to be 13 in April and can be a littleContinue reading “Puppy Update :: 6 Months!”
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We have sheep!!!
I remember the day (weekend?) I finally realized just what it was I wanted to do on our farm. I’d been through all sorts of ideas: CSA, dairy, broilers… Nothing really fit with what I was looking for, until I was chatting with a fellow Ladies Homestead Gathering member about knitting and livestock when IContinue reading “We have sheep!!!”
Good Bugs
The kids and I have been seeing these guys around since we moved in, but I was having trouble tracking down exactly what they are. After numerous yellow jacket stings on the farm, and a huge bald-faced hornets nest discovered/removed, we’re a little wary of flying creatures wielding stingers… Turns out they’re not aggressive andContinue reading “Good Bugs”
Puppy Update :: 10 weeks
McCaulay {Kep} and Findlay {Finn} came home Saturday September 13th. They were excited to be in a new place and exhausted by the end of the day. Mom slept on the couch with them in a kennel together, hoping to take them out as soon as they whined to use the potty. Unfortunately, they whinedContinue reading “Puppy Update :: 10 weeks”
Bad Bugs
GROSS ALERT: I was in the front yard, chatting on the phone, picked a raspberry and was about to toss it into my mouth when I noticed a small spider on my finger. I shooed the spider and was again about to eat the berry when I saw three small bugs {fruit fly-size} on theContinue reading “Bad Bugs”
in the garden :: September 28
This is the first weekend we spent any significant time in the garden, so things were looking pretty sad! We’ve been eating gobs and gobs of Sungold Cherry {our all-time family favorite}, slicers and paste tomatoes, plus raspberries, but we’ve been kind of ignoring everything else… So, we had Betty over on Saturday to show us around and helpContinue reading “in the garden :: September 28”
Feeling empowered
Three years ago, my friend Lynn taught me how to chop wood like a lady at my very first Ladies Homestead Gathering Retreat. And today I did this: It’s a little hard to see with the all that cute puppy in the way, but that’s a pretty good-sized woodpile {at least I like to thinkContinue reading “Feeling empowered”
It really is a small world…
Long story, but neat {at least I think so}. Today I called Miss Utility for a power line marking ahead of a satellite TV installation. The customer support rep said BARC Electric would be out between now {10am} and September 18. When we got home from our errands this morning, there was a BARC ElectricContinue reading “It really is a small world…”
We’re here!
I don’t know why I thought I’d be back on the blog the night we moved in, but I did. And I wasn’t. In fact, we didn’t have internet for a whole 3 days! It was glorious! We haven’t had a house phone in a few years, but now that we’re staying put forever, I’dContinue reading “We’re here!”
Chomping at the bit…
You know when you’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for something, something that takes a lot of preparation and planning, and you’ve been thinking, “I’ll only need 2-3 days to pack,” and then moving day is, like, tomorrow, and you’re still not packed? Ya, that’s how I’m feeling. Seriously, with almost an entire summerContinue reading “Chomping at the bit…”
