Early last year I was tilling away in a llama pen to try it out as a garden space. We grew some corn in it, but did not have the…
Author: The Lord of The Manor
Make It Five
The little sickie of the half dozen chicks we bought today was lay down and breathing hard when I went out to check on it. I held it and tried…
We Bought Some New Chicks
Silver Laced Polish, Straight Run Today has been off to a get-er-done start, putting away the animal feed while we were out to do morning feed. After that, and arranging…
A Little Hard Work Today
Today I did a little more than I usually do on a Friday. We were too low to make it through the weekend on the animal feed we had on…
Two Days Of Wanted Rain
The view out the window yesterday and today reminded me very much of England! It has been cool, but not cold, and rainy since yesterday morning. It has been cause…
Farm Kids Amaze Me
I grew up living the city life. Roadkill was something one would call the city to remove, unless one was brave, and in posession of a shovel, or the animal…
I Have Been Eying One Of These
Summer’s are hot and working in the garden is miserable in the heat. The cool of the evening does not last long enough before it is too dark, so I…
Home School Meets Homestead
It was a busy one today coming back from spring break and starting back into home school with our eight year old. I was in no mood for it, and…
It’s Spring Alright!
Yesterday was a nearly perfect day, with temperatures rising to the 70’s, and plenty of sunshine to keep us going. And go we did! Well, alright, it is not like…
Today I Moved The Weather Station
I moved the weather station at about noon today from the back gate between the llama pasture and the garden to the gate at the service yard. It is about…