Farm dog Max, our Pyrador, gave us quite a scare recently! He spent a night at the emergency vet, where he was sent by our own vet’s office. Our vet had just gone out of town, and they have no overnight coverage, so thankfully the local emergency hospital could take him. His official diagnosis was gastroenteritis. He was lethargic and vomiting, and we were on watch (because of … [Read more...]
Farm Dog Duty
Can you see what I am watching? My first birthday was on April 10th! Some very nice Twitter friends of ours (Luna, Zip, Zoe & Mom) made this graphic for me: Happy (almost) Wordless Wednesday! Love, Max … [Read more...]
Farm Fresh Yellow Beans – Air Fried!
It’s been a challenging year with our vegetable garden. All our summer rain has the weeds growing completely out of control, and as often happens, I simply gave up trying to keep up with them. There just weren’t enough dry hours to get out into the garden, and it felt like a losing battle when I did get out there. Therefore, I did what I could and hoped for the best. Now we'll … [Read more...]
A Farm Girl’s Finds – One Year Later
We opened in the middle of a pandemic, and we're still going! Over a year ago, three years after losing my job of over 20 years, I was still struggling with “what to do with my life”. Pushing 60 years old, too young to retire, and losing yet another part-time job with no new job prospects, I was at a crossroads. I needed to fight through my depression and frustration and come … [Read more...]
Our Top 6 Ways to Control Fleas & Ticks on Our Dog
We choose to use only natural preventatives on our Lab mix Luke. I’ve written about this in the past, but I like to keep updated on what we are doing every year. We haven’t changed much since our last post; and while we still see some ticks that happens even with many chemical products too. Considering the controversy around some of them recently, I feel comfortable sticking to … [Read more...]
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