We tried something a little different on the farm this summer! We put guinea hen eggs in the incubator, which is nothing new, but once we hatched 7 of the little keets, we put them in with some chickens who wanted to be Mamas! Those three Mamas are now raising the guinea keets! Being able to do this doesn’t always work out; we’ve only been able to have a chicken mama … [Read more...]
Farm Surprises – Late Bloomer, More Newbies, & Rain, Rain, Rain
It’s been such a strange summer so far! The weather has been all over the place. You may remember we had to send some of our over-eager roosters to another farm; in the end we sent all three including Toni who I had wanted to keep. He was a beauty, but unfortunately, he was kind of the leader of the pack, and they were all just too much for our hens. Since we had decided on … [Read more...]
Monday Funday – Fruit Lover
For opening day of my new shop, my very sweet sisters sent me flowers and a fruit basket! You can see the flowers in the photo below, aren't they beautiful? I took the fruit basket home for hubby and I to enjoy (and as it turns out someone else in the family). As we took it apart to refrigerate some of it, we set the one pear in there aside since neither of us like … [Read more...]
Taking Care
Things are exactly as crazy as I expected them to be as I prepare to open my new shop. I'm loving every minute of it! I don't forget to take care of myself though, I'll take a break when I can. Actually, we all take care of each other in our farm family. Hubby is a very early riser, so on Sunday morning he brought me a cup of coffee while I was still relaxing in bed. Luke … [Read more...]
Stylin’
Doesn't Luke look handsome in his new red, white & blue ComfortFlex harness* (affiliate link)? I had this harness on my amazon wish list for a long time; in fact, I had always planned to buy one for our beagle Cricket but never did. I promised Luke when we got our stimulus check from the government that he could get something new. :) Since red and blue are his … [Read more...]
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