It’s been so long now since I have written here.It has been on my mind so often to write about such-and-such, but I never seem to be able to find the time these days!  But I have carved out a little today, so here are a few random pictures– Last year we had a good…

The Summer garden has reached the point where things have mostly been harvested and plants are getting the crispy-and-brown-around-the-edges look.  The black cherry trees have begun to show yellow spotted leaves and the pastures are rank with bahia grass gone to seed. Even in the very hot, humid weather these days I have felt a…

It has really been a long time since I’ve written here–so long that I’m not even sure what my last post was about!Sooooooo much has been happening, I’m afraid I won’t ever be able to catch up.  Things have been going so well, but not necessarily documented and written about.  I have kept up my…

I’m just peeking in here.  I feel bad I haven’t posted in so long, but my hands have been full–specifically full of Clothilde.  She really can’t stand it when I’m on the computer.  In fact, she screams her face off if it looks like I might be working on the computer.  I’ve tried setting her up…

Here’s Bee, the magical escaping pig (she literally ripped apart a hog panel–have you seen how sturdy those things are?) and her five sweet little piglets.  They look a bit like little dalmatians, because they turned out so spotty.  Our other Glouchesershire Old Spots are not at all as spotted. We were worried about the piglets,…

The last post was not a happy one–truly that week was just awful.  Not only did we lose Mairie, but a Glouchestershire Old Spot sow we had just bought busted out over a hog panel and through another fence and escaped.  She was due to have piglets in just a couple weeks.  We were hoping to…

Aesculus pavia.Did you know this plant is highly toxic to cattle?Yesterday something very tragic happened because we didn’t know it was poisonous. The cows were on one of the far-off lines with a bale of hay, when they busted out again (I swear they haven’t for a long time, only we’re weaning the babies!).  They…

We spent last weekend at the annual Dudley Farm Cane grinding, and everyone had a great time. It was a little sad to see how this park is changing under new management since Sally retired.  The old people who volunteered and worked a few years ago had really high standards for maintaining this park as…

Joining in with SouleMama today…. {this moment}-a Friday ritual.  A single photo-no words-capturing a moment from the week.  A simple, special, extraordinary moment.  A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

I wasn’t sure what to focus on, since these are not supposed to be a photo of either the goats or the fence–it’s a photo of the concept of the goats inside of the fence, where they are supposed to be. Since autumn set in and the grass became less edible, Ethan was working on a new…

I’ve been meaning to finish this post for weeks!  Now that it’s Thanksgiving, it’s finally done…. We had such a nice Halloween celebration this year.  Having a small baby, I really took the Simplicity Parenting to heart and tried to keep it all wonderfully simple. Halloween is not my favorite holiday.  I do love the…

When we went out yesterday afternoon to do the chores, Chestnut had just had her baby!It’s another boy.  She was cleaning him off and mooing to him. I can tell she’s going to be a really good mama.  She knew just what to do.  He was already starting to hop around playfully.  The other calves…