Tag Archives: Farm Life
Cold-Slush-Wet with a bitter wind! Yup, its a offically a snow day!
God bless those new amazing winter duck boots, they sure came in handy today, we have hit the deep freeze (they say the cold is coming)but today has been on again, off again freezing rain, sleet, and snow taking turns, … Continue reading
The Big Bad Boys!- Managing Aggression in your Bird Flocks.
Be it Gander, Tom, Rooster, or Drake, there is nothing quite as alarming as when your big boys turn on you and attack, what was a nice trip outside to the garden, or a pen cleaning or even a feeding … Continue reading
A mouse tale…
A few of you might remember me writing about the mouse in the bedroom, well I have set traps, the food gets taken, the mouse walks away, I have cleaned, then set out different traps, left the bait, mouse walks … Continue reading
Weight Goal 17/11/12
Well it that day again, I stepped on the scale and went ok.. I was down 1.2 pds so that puts me at 3.8 pds of my 50 pd goal at the moment. Would have liked it a to a … Continue reading
Music while you work!
Eve Of Destruction by Barry Mcguire The eastern world, it is exploding Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’ You’re old enough to kill, but not for votin’ You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’ And even the Jordan … Continue reading
Gardening, Compost and Small Farms
Its a long slow process of putting the garden to bed, still got very slow growing green covers in places, some things are still giving to the kitchen, was able to bring in sage and different kinds of mints for … Continue reading
Got Sheep or Goats? Routine Foot Care
Well its that time of year, the frosts are here, the main lambing season is only two months away, and just as in spring, fall rountine foot care was required. Now my pastures are soft on the feet, not alot of … Continue reading
Fowl or Gallino Rennet -Part 1
By now you have most likely figured out that I like to try things in book and see if they work, I also am huge on finding and learning ways to use everything that the farm produces and to reduce … Continue reading
Farm Kids- you got to love them!
Well my day was planned until a knock on the door that came bright and early this morning followed by the belling of the hounds..ahh.. so out the door I went to be greeted by Farmer T’s oldest boy, and … Continue reading
Foot Care..this and that post..
Its been a interesting few weeks when it comes to foot care on the farm, in a number of ways, with the cold weather, socks/boots have become much more common on the farm, instead of crocks which are my standard … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 