• Chickens

    It just keeps getting better…

    Not only is one of our Buff Orpingtons on a roll with her almost daily laying of a sweet, pink, egg… But now one of our black and white Easter Eggers has started up again, too, with a very light green (and very long) egg almost daily as well! Oh…

  • Grow - Sow

    Seed Starting…

    Yes, it is early. Yes, this is all part of my plan to succession sow our way to Garden Abundance in 2016. Yes, these are tomato sprouts (though I’ve also started a few peppers, eggplants, and tomatillos as well). Yes, these babies will require much TLC and up-potting before they…

  • Everything Else - Family

    Puddle Jumping

    With temperatures in the high 40s and mid-50s for well over a week now, our property is a mess of mud and puddles everywhere the sun hits (and yet still pure sheets of ice where it doesn’t). The mud makes taking care of the animals a definite chore…especially when hauling…

  • Chickens

    What may look like a simple egg…

    …is really a sign of hope… a sign that the days really are getting longer… a sign that Spring (though two months away) really is just around the bend… and therefore totally worthy of a photo shoot! Yes, for months we’ve only gotten one or two beautiful, dark brown, Maran…

  • Goats

    Lucy & Ethel

    These two are as sweet as can be. I mean, really!  Just look at that smile! A month apart in age and so incredibly different in their personalities… I love watching these two and how they interact… How gentle they are with each other… How curious they are together. It is…

  • Grow

    2016 Seed Inventory

    I think I may have mentioned before that my oldest daughter works for a nursery and so has phenomenal access to many, many “damaged out” seeds at the end of each season (which really only means that they’re a tiny bit old-like, last season, and the company doesn’t want the…