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Chicks!
A couple of weeks ago we stumbled upon a small local farmer’s market in the parking lot of a gas station up the road. There was a guy selling eggs and vegetables and we chatted him up some. He is a...
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Best Moments of the Week – 11/25
- Busy weeks where you lose track of what day it is! - Seeing in the shower clearly. - 20/20 vision, still a little blurry and halos, but still pretty awesome. - Getting a local turkey for Thanksgiving...
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Fence, Chickens, Garden and Cold
Miguel finished up the internal cross fencing this week. It’s about 800 feet of fencing, about 160 of that which is part of our existing garden fencing. He put in three access gates, two around the...
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Best Moments of the Week – 12/1
- Competent guys who are nice and fix my tractor tire in five minutes flat. - Orange sky. - Long, black, friendly barn cats that adopt YOU. - Cows under the oak trees, their eyes shining at me from the...
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Tomorrow we go to pick up Spot the Cow. I’ve been reading books on keeping a home milk cow all week, but it’s done nothing to make me feel more prepared for her arrival. Just the opposite, I end up...
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Menagerie
Last week while I was on vacation we happened upon a pair of donkeys on Craigslist. We went to visit and right there worked to get them delivered that day. They are sweet, curious and friendly. They...
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Farm Ebb and Flow
Flow Last week I got a package in the mail, a big box from the seed company. I had ordered several things that were shipped just-in-time for planting so I thought from the big heavy box that perhaps...
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Spring Has Sprung!
It’s the end of March, where has the time gone? Spring sprung early this year, I don’t think we’ve had any really cold weather since early February, but there’s always that bit in the back of your head...
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Best Moments
- Laying in the bathtub singing and the notes resonating in my little corner, I can feel the notes on my skin through the water. - My sweet babies - This is what my face looks like when you have two...
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