Monthly Archives: August 2014

While my big old horse babies are not nearly as happy as me.. ouch! when they touch the wire and the one line we have up will not help with the sheep, calf or pigs but it will stop my … Continue reading →

Without going into details that are not mine to share, and trust me this was all happening very fast indeed, my dear friend Farmer T and  Farm Helper one, two an three needed to move from their farm to a new … Continue reading →

As they all do, I’m sure he has a huge story to tell, a big tall short haired Black with a tiny tuff of white on his chest, a curled ear and a big old bump in his tail from where … Continue reading →

I don’t know how many of the men will understand this post.. (in fact its worth asking my male readers, what are some of the things men typically do when they feel the need for action but are limited in … Continue reading →

I have been on the hunt for a new weaner piglet or two all spring an summer long, I have weaner piglets on kijji alert, I have had friends keeping a ear out, the cost on piglets this year is … Continue reading →

Pleased to introduce you to …….. Well, at some point, she will get a name.. her mom’s name is Coco, but I think as she is my first wool ewe, that I will find a unrelated “idea” for her, as … Continue reading →

Ok, so lets just say it and get it over with.. NO! Just NO! You should not replace sunflowers for corn in three sisters! Grow the sunflowers on their own with a ground cover between then, that’s fine.. DO NOT, … Continue reading →

I am in some ways very anti-Vaccine.. its true, and I know it.. But in other ways, I would have to be considered Pro-Vaccine.. This morning was one of those moments where I was glad that I had been pushed … Continue reading →

Ah, Peaches, we are so lucky to get locally grown peaches, love it, they are really only available for a few weeks a year and the good prices on them (well, now a day’s good prices) are maybe one or … Continue reading →

When I got Caleb, I was told that when they had got him, he was pushy about treats so they had never treated him by hand, and so that had been years of extra’s in the bucket etc But I … Continue reading →