June 30, 2011 about me How I got The Big Man Happy Anniversary to us! Today is the day - our wedding anniversary. I always remember it as "the last day of June" but I'm ne...
June 29, 2011 farm life Good Morning Sunshine! Good Morning! Oh glorious morn! Oh happy day! Look who appeared today - the first sunflower! Ok its summer now. Once the sunflowers start t...
June 28, 2011 pigs Pigz = moved! Wow what a show! We successfully got the pigz moved to their new location yesterday - but only because the Good Neighbor Kids helped us. The...
June 27, 2011 farm life Monday and the livin' is easy At this writing (early Monday morning) the sun rises on a cool and fabulous morning. The hot weather will be back before we know it - but f...
June 26, 2011 chickens Charlie Settin' - Finally We have this crazy Buckeye hen that has been driving me nuts all spring. She has single handedly laid about 999 eggs since January (ok maybe...
June 24, 2011 chickens Hey Look! Chickens! Thursday was ridiculous. The only thing I have to say is... Hey Look! Chickens! That's all. Now go and get some ice cream - sure, its a ...
June 23, 2011 turkeys Its not weeds - its a TURKEY! Another reason we don't randomly go around brush hogging everything down..... .... that isn't a buncha tall grass - its a hiding spo...
June 22, 2011 farm life They are not weeds! Ok maybe they are, technically "weeds" but these weeds actually work for us. But we don't call them weeds we call them "f...
June 21, 2011 farm life pigs Operation Ham in a Can or "How Jake Saved Our Bacon" Grandpa GoodNeighbor let me know that I've been posting too much business and not enough hilarity lately. I guess he's right and we&...
June 20, 2011 farm life pigs Pig Pasture Progress We've been working really hard on the new pig pasture. Bit by bit we are defeating The Impenetrable Forest and getting the fence complet...
June 19, 2011 Every body is peeping along! Caught this cute pix of The Dozen earlier this morning - They all swarm in for fresh water. Chicks are excited about everything. I love it ...
June 17, 2011 farm life Lettuce begin.... I mean.. let us begin with... lettuce! Potted lettuce -its beautiful! I haven't been able to grow a leaf of lettuce my whole life. It ju...
June 16, 2011 dogs Isn't she cute? isn't she cute!? Isn't she an angel? That sweet little face? And see how big she is getting? She's huge! She's also reached...
June 15, 2011 chickens Baby Barnee sets her nest Or "Bitchin' Chicken" This is one angry chicken. Why the rage, baby? You gotta admit - she's got the stink eye down to a s...
June 14, 2011 chickens Hatching! New arrivals! This just in from a few moments ago... Look who's hatching in our incubator! I think we have about a dozen new little bud...
June 13, 2011 chickens Creepy Meats - YES you can! Interview with Insurgent Chickens Last nite we had creepy meat fried up in a pan and wow was it good! Every time I get a big plate of home grown chicken I'm totally ama...
June 11, 2011 farm life A berry good day! What an auspicious day! The very first blueberry made its appearance today! I'm thrilled. I love love love blueberries and I'll be w...
June 10, 2011 chickens Over heated meats. It was bound the happen. Wednesday one of the meats couldn't stand the heat - and he never made it to the kitchen. This little Meat Ball...
June 9, 2011 kitchen Cake. What else would you do with strawberries? Whatcha having for breakfast? A pop-tart? Maybe some kind of egg-o-muffin thingy? Guess what I'm having? Cake. It's what's for b...
June 8, 2011 farm life Headed to 100* today Has anyone else cleared 100* yet? Wow we are on our way! Our weather guy said that the real temp will be about 94* but the "heat index&...
June 7, 2011 farm life Radish flowers and bushwacking Does anyone have any idea why my radishes went straight to bolt? I went out to find these lovely flowers and no radishes. All I've wante...