• Chickens,  Poultry

    Fresh Air & Sunshine

    Our White Leghorn and Ameraucana pullets recently made the move from the brooder to a portion of the coop and it’s been so much fun watching them explore, scratch around, and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air! We have eight of each and it’s hilarious to watch how skittish the Leghorns are and how they then scare the others with…

  • Bees & Pollinators,  Grow

    So much hope!

    I was very worried after the little snow storm we got on April Fools Day, but hope remains 🙂 Now, there are still many nights between now and our guaranteed last frost date, but for now the bees are buzzing, the butterflies are fluttering, and the fruit trees are holding on. Maybe…just maybe…we’ll have a good fruit year this year.…

  • Grow,  Harvest

    Greens & Things

    As you may know about me by now, I always have such great intentions about growing a magnificent fall garden that will (naturally) evolve into a productive winter garden which will set us up for an incredibly bountiful spring… And then I become exhausted by summer’s hectic schedule and distracted by fall’s fall and enveloped by winter’s hibernation… And then…

  • Goats

    Goat Pregnancy Watch! Day 111

    As you might recall, on Day 86 I wrote about our wonderings as to whether or not Mama was actually pregnant and finally deciding that yes, in fact, she must have at least two kids in there! Well, now that we’re about a month out from her estimated/official Kidding Day (May 7th at 145 days), she’s really starting to pop!…

  • If we were having coffee...

    If we were having coffee…

    If we were having coffee, I’d greet you with a big hug and a warm smile!  It’s been too long since we last caught up, I apologize for my absence and I am so very happy to see you! If we were having coffee, we’d get ourselves comfortable with mugs in hand and I would ask you how you’re doing?…