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Your Lunch Box Owes Me Money!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Eh??!! Our farm stand is run as an honor stand.  And in five years of selling hundreds of dozens of eggs I haven’t been short changed once.  Really!  A true testimony to the goodness of people and our wonderful community. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Activities for 2/12/2012

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

This is Snowball.  The ewe I obsess over.  All you Mama’s out there can feel her pain!  She has a month to go before she pops and she is literally twice the size of everyone else.  All the sheep have … Continue reading →

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This-N-That

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

A few notes from this week.  What to do with about 2 pounds of apricots that never really got sweet enough to eat?  Grab that packet of pectin from the pantry and make some freezer jam. Which would have turned … Continue reading →

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Our Sows Go On A Date

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

OK – technically the girls are not sows (but gilts) since they haven’t had a litter of piglets yet.  The whole family spent the morning at Farmer Joe’s and learned a whole LOT! It was easy to get the pigs in … Continue reading →

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Llama Kisses

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

I’ve been doing a fair amount of obsessing over the girth sizes of my ewes… especially Snowball.  She is just so big and has so far to go.  Her nether regions are starting to look swollen like they are under … Continue reading →

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First Winter’s Musings

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

This is our first winter in our new farmstead and also our first time over-wintering so much livestock. Oooooooh, a double learning “opportunity”.  Here’s what I found out so far. Chickens My pet peeve in this situation!  The set up … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Farm Levity

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Farmers can get a lot of complaints as developments and more people looking for a quiet, rural area start to settle around them.  Many of these new comers don’t know what all is included in a rural, farming area and … Continue reading →

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Angora Rabbits – You Learn Something New Every Day

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

A few posts ago was all about our sheep shearing and all the great fiber we got (or sold).  As I mentioned an entire “fiber family”  came out to watch the process and left with two fleeces to mix with … Continue reading →

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My Trip to Our Local Fiber Mill

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

I always relish the opportunity to learn a new aspect of our farming business.  I had held back from our shearing day one black fleece from my ewe, Luann.  I thought it was a very nice fleece and representative of … Continue reading →

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Sheep Shearing and New Piggies

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Awesome weekend for us with new piggies here, then Mark picked up the hogs from the butcher and all the sheep and Zorro got shorn today!  Here’s the blow by blow with plenty of pictures. New Piggies Mark got three weaner pigs … Continue reading →

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