Monthly Archives: July 2008

Say what? My firstborn is a teenager? I haven’t quite come to grips with it. She’ll be starting 8th grade in a few weeks. She’s happy to be at the top of the food chain of middle school. I’m already … Continue reading →

The long-awaited day has arrived – our story in Country Gardens magazine hit the newsstands! I knew it was supposed to be this week, so I actually went to the store looking for it last night. No luck, so I … Continue reading →

Flowers from last week’s farmers market I haven’t really had a lot to say about the farm lately, have I? That’s mostly because things are relatively quiet around here. Which is good, since June & July are so busy for … Continue reading →

We have this thing with our neighbor. We trade cats. Last week they gave us kittens, whose mother we gave them as a kitten. Follow? Prince Louie and Princess Sonia will hopefully catch many mice in the years to come. … Continue reading →

So backing up a little… One of the tasks we slipped in before the craziness of the county fair was the pre-breeding work with the cattle. It’s a task my brother always helps us with, and as it turned out … Continue reading →

I think this duck has taken on more than she can handle. Reminds me of myself these days! Fortunately for her, a hen came along and is now sitting on all of these eggs with her. Wonder if I can … Continue reading →

The fair is over for another year, and it was a hectic, exhausting, fun week! Here’s some highlights: Olivia’s first year in 4-H, and first horse show – a 2-day event. She and I also did our first overnight in … Continue reading →

We’re under a little hiatus here during our county fair this week. We’ll be back once the craziness subsides. You can check out our fair here! County Fair, 2005: At the fair Fair report, part 1 Fair report, part 2 … Continue reading →

Last week the second batch of 150 broiler chickens went to the processor. (And I’m happy to say that batch one had already sold out at farmers market the week before!) There’s a lot of handling with chickens. They can’t … Continue reading →