July 31, 2011 chickens The Incubator is Going Off Like A..... We have a hatch, folks! Wow what a day! The incubator is going off like a Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper! Yesterday we had some chicks bursting o...
July 29, 2011 dogs Hot dogs! Thanks for all the well wishes, friends... I've just about recovered but this has been a long boring week for me. Hopefully I'll be ...
July 27, 2011 chickens The New Guys At this writing I have two little snuggle buddies in my br... I mean... my "Personal Mobile Incubator." Meet the new guys! These t...
July 25, 2011 farm life Up Close I guess its Up Close Monday! Dancing Stamens Helianthus Cone flower Beez on sunflowers Apparently I'm the biggest casualty of the heat ...
July 22, 2011 farm life Extreme Hot Weather Livestock Care If you're lucky you're one of the two people in this country NOT affected by the evil "Heat Dome" thats covering most of t...
July 21, 2011 farm life Sunflowers! Dontcha just love sunflowers? The BOSS (black oil sunflower seed) sunflowers that I planted with clover in the front of the property are doi...
July 20, 2011 farm life garden Oh glory! Oh Happy Day! Oh Glory! Thank Heaven! First tomatoes are in - at last! These are "Mountain Gold" one of my absolute fav's... n...
July 19, 2011 chickens Surprise! or "Its so hot the eggs hatch themselves! " Here's a shocker for you.... this morning I went out (early) and found this little gal running around in circles. In the middle of the h...
July 18, 2011 ducks Runners on the move Today we set up super-reinforced fencing (OK it was recycled chain link from somebody's pool) for our runner ducks. They ....well.. ran ...
July 17, 2011 chickens farm notes How hot was it!?! And hatching notes. Today it was so hot that........ one of our turkey hens, Runner, actually jumped into our big livestock water trough! She walked around like...