Chicks Gona Be

I sold some laying hens to cut down on the flock and used that money to buy an incubator. I have 14 eggs in the incubator now as a test hatch. Started with 15, but one wasn't fertile. Fourteen is a nice even number anyways. Hopefully, all went well, and by next week I'll have 14 little chicks that have hatched. Can we say chicken pot pie...

Tour de Fleece 2013

Getting ready for the Tour de Fleece coming up. Clearing my spindle so that I have a fresh start. Took off 300 yard of fine spun yarn.

A Meow of a Day

Our kitten Kaylee was spayed recently and I caught her napping...

Make Hay When the Sun Shines

We've been mowing the pasture with the DR Trimmer, raking it with a leaf rake, and using the pony to haul it to the garden for mulch. Killing two birds with one stone, by cutting what the horses/goats didn't like, reducing the weeds out in the pasture, and improving the garden by mulching the beds.

The Heat Is On

Well, this week summer heat has arrived. Temps in the high 90's, and it's not officially summer yet. I've got to hurry and finish getting the garden mulched before drought weather settles in.


The green beans have started producing, yeah. The sugar snap peas are done for. Time for them to be turned under and something to take their place.








Saw these wildflowers in the pasture and decided to pick them. Not sure what they are, but they sure are pretty!
 

Pony Power

We've been cutting brush off the fence line and feeding it to the goats in the evening while the goats are penned for the night. Free food for the goats, and eventually the fence line will be clear enough that we will be able to put up permanent fencing. I got tired of carrying the brush and decided to use the pony Sam instead. He's such a good pony! What a wonderful helper he is!