• Goats

    Goat Pregnancy Watch! Day 86

    I’ve been driving myself a bit crazy trying to figure out if Mama is pregnant…reading a bunch of articles, constantly checking for signs of heat, watching her belly…all in the hope that she will, in fact, give us at least one (but maybe more!) kid in May! I am so…

  • Grow

    Early Apricot Blossoms

    With two full months to go before our guaranteed last frost date, I’ve found myself incredibly torn by the pure beauty of these apricot blossoms (tickling my already antsy Spring Fever) and the acknowledgement that, unless we have a phenomenally warm spring with no frosts or freezes, these gorgeous flowers this early…

  • LGDs

    Akuna – LGD Update

    Despite all of my angst around this big, white, fluffy, livestock guardian dog (LGD) of ours (between her escapes, her seemingly endless heat cycle, and the necessity for our newly installed electric fencing), I just have to say that… She is doing so well! She has calmed around the chickens…

  • Everything Else

    Winter Storm 

    Bright rays fighting their way through dark clouds and from behind shadows… Dancing on mountain tops and through valleys. An aching heart for no particular reason and for all of the reasons all at once. Gusty, frigid winds… Singing to the storm right on its heels. Driving rains that come…

  • Create

    A new hat for Sprout

    With the weather warming and this toddler of our growing like a weed, a new hat was necessary to get us through the next couple of months. Simple as it is, I am very happy with how it turned out…and I think she is, too 🙂 After working on my…

  • Everything Else

    2016 White Leghorn Chicks

    In assessing how to round out our flock additions this year, we talked a lot about egg colors and which colors might be fun to add to the cartons going to a few of our friends and colleagues on a regular basis. When we first started keeping chickens, we wanted nothing…

  • If we were having coffee...

    If we were having coffee…

    If we were having coffee, I’d greet you warmly with a big hug (if you are, indeed, a Hugger) and thank you for joining me! It’s been a while since we’ve had the opportunity to catch up and I’ve missed you! The weeks have simply flown by, and while I’d…