Monthly Archives: March 2009

Gratuitous cuteness

Piglets are very obliging when it comes to photo opps. 3 years ago: Hollywood Boulevard 2 years ago: Heartbreak is… Naptime 1 year ago: At least somebody likes mud season

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Worry

Ava, on the job It’s hard to see in the picture, but up until Sunday this was the arrangement in the garage. Pig pen to the front, pullet pen to the back. But the pullets didn’t actually stay in their … Continue reading

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Spring is…

Spring is chiseling mud off the bottom of school shoes on Monday morning before school. When mud calls, little boys go running…missing play shoes be damned. Time to bring the rubber boots out of winter storage. 4 years ago: Inspiration … Continue reading

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Interested

It’s a good thing we have nice cats. Before we moved our new pullets from the garage to the newly cleaned coop on Sunday we’d been giving them a little bit of freedom to range right outside the garage. Sandy … Continue reading

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Spring cleaning

a spring-cleaned chicken coop, courtesy of Olivia Sorry for the long pause there. I feel a little like I’ve been undergoing an internal spring cleaning this past week or two. It’s typical for me to battle those wintertime blues, lack … Continue reading

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Seven

Rafe Henry with his birthday supper request – waffles! Seven. Seriously? How did that happen? At seven you love Clone Wars, and Mario Cart for Wii. You enjoyed wrestling again this year, and are looking forward to another season of … Continue reading

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Adventures in cow buying

You might remember that last fall we culled our bull and 3 of our cows. Yesterday it was time for another trip to the sale barn at Dyersville to try and pick up some bred cows. We’d tried to make … Continue reading

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Sleeping arrangements

Pigs like to cuddle. And to spoon. They’re very affectionate. But this doesn’t look very comfortable… Neither does this… Chickens, apparently, like their personal space. 3 years ago: Congratulations! 2 years ago: Powered, the town version 1 year ago: Installment … Continue reading

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Cuteness ensues

It’s that time again, time to pick out Madeline’s 4-H pigs. My brother breeds several litters of “show pigs” just for her and lets her buy her pick. She got 8 again this year. She’ll take 4 or 5 to … Continue reading

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