Summer is finally here! How do I know this? Because I fulfilled a lifelong summer tradition . . . eating a warm cucumber straight from the vine! My humble garden boasts 2 varieties of heirloom cukes this year. Straight 8 and Boothby’s Blonde. Yesterday I realized that under the unruly vines, I had cucumbers that …
Hello there! It’s time to catch everyone up on the goings on here at the farm. For one thing, we are finally getting a good amount of eggs! We have adopted a rooster, whom we have named “Randy.” He is quite the, um, ladies man. Everything you read says that you don’t need a rooster …
Well, I expected, when I started a blog, that I would have to write a post like this sooner or later. I just thought it would be later rather than first thing. The day after I posted the pictures of our farm animals, proclaiming Yolanda as the Queen of the Barnyard, she died very …
I thought you might want to meet some of the residents of the farm! Molly (LaMancha Goat) Baby Daisy (LaMancha/Nubian Cross Goat) Yolanda Queen of the Barnyard (Nubian Goat) Thelma & Louise (Guinea Fowl) So named because they are always on the run! Chickens with Thelma & Louise We have lots of chickens of various …
I have been asked several by several people lately to chronicle our new experiences on the farm with a blog. I’m not sure if people actually want to read about our hijinks-we seem to have some sort or drama or crisis on an hourly basis, or if they just want to amuse themselves with our …
