Home from Fair

Home from Fair

by | Aug 10, 2016 | On the Farm

There’s been a bit of a lull here on the blog due to the county fair, but now I’m back and almost rested. Fair is a four day event that sometimes feels like months then ends with me wondering how the time went by so quickly. It’s at fair that I catch...

The Chickens: I Think Lucille is a Boy

by | Jul 15, 2016 | On the Farm

It’s been almost fifteen weeks since we brought these four little chicks home. We really wanted one boy because the hens seem to last longer with the help of a protective rooster. The man at the feed store said they’d been sent one extra rooster chick, so...

Bounty from the Boat

by | Jul 8, 2016 | family, On the Farm

  My husband loved his little aluminum boat. I couldn’t stand the thing. He thought the three times we used it each year were worth the  countless hours of motor-repair and the licensing struggles. For me, it was a headache.   A few years ago we had ice. It...

My View on the Farm

by | Jul 6, 2016 | Farm Intros

I’ve decided to write a series of blog posts about our life on the farm. Today I’m writing about the view. I sat down at the table in our yard, a place I do much of my writing during the warm months, but today there were distractions.   The stench of smoke...