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…
Dudley Farm Cane Boil
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…
This Moment
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.
@$%! Goats
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…
Yarn Along
Baby is sleeping, so I have hands free for knitting (and a photo) and I can join in with the Yarn Along again! I am reading Drowned Ammet by Dianna Wynne Jones. It’s the second book in the Dalemark series. It’s another one that we got at the library to read to the children, but…
Halloween
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…
Another One!
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…
New Calves
A few days ago Matilda had her calf! It’s a boy.I wish the electric fence hadn’t been in the way for the pictures, but when I tried to go through the gate up there, Matilda started pushing it with her horns. She was just eager to be milked, but I had the baby with me…
Yarn Along
I generally try to strictly talk about the farm here–really this is mostly for family and far-away friends to keep up with our doings than for anyone to read, but for so long I’ve wanted to join in on the Wednesday Yarn Along. Reading and knitting is just what I love! Somehow, something always happens–I’m…
This was the first cake Mirin’s ever made–it was a meringue made with our eggs and cream with raspberries (from the store–alas! I wish we could grow raspberries!). I went to the farm last Sunday with the baby in tow (her first ever trip to the farm!). I can’t say she enjoyed the car ride at all–actually…
Peppers, persimmons etc.
I haven’t written a post for so long–at first it was because there wasn’t much to write about other than adventures with Mairie forgetting where the milking paddock was located. (No baby cows yet–it turns out that I counted wrong when I was figuring out their due dates. They are actually due in October and…
The Crazy Day
I really wish I had some pictures to put up, because yesterday was a crazy day. But we were too busy. It’s really too bad, because it would be so exciting to post pictures of Richard the Bull kicking up dirt, shaking his horns, charging and being a total jerk while we tried unsuccessfully to guide him…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 