While the lower field was being mowed Joshua found a fledgling bird hopping around. He worried that it wouldn’t survive on its own. He caught it and made a home for it in the cage previously occupied by the Mourning Dove. Cute little thing. It slept in the cage in Joshua’s room that night. It […]
Mourning Dove Rescue
Monday morning I hear the dreaded thud on a front window. It happens more often than I would like. I guess you have to expect it since this house is full of large windows. I walked cautiously to the window and looked out with my eyes half closed. I hate seeing dead birds. There she […]
The Ladies Have a Play Structure
Michael and the boys took the tractor down to Salt Creek and pulled out some sunken logs. The plan was to give the goats something to climb on. The side benefit was taking the tractor into the woods to hook a big chain up to underwater logs and haul them back up the hill with […]
It Was a Busy June
Wow how life can change in a month. For us it was all for the good. Here are some highlights…. Chores. A lot of chores. There was a ton of painting. Thankfully most of it was done by our wonderful helpers. Gotta love people who help. People who help with painting should get a special […]
Update On The Farm Geese
In a previous post I told you abut our four adult farm geese and their reunion with two of their babies. Our neighbor Reina had rescued six of the goslings before they became dinner for a red tailed hawk. Her plans were to keep two, give two to her mom and return two to the […]
The New Ladies of Salt Creek Farm
Today we brought home our two new goats. They are Nigerian Dwarf Goats. Our former neighbor Bryn gave them to us as a house warming present. She went with us today to pick them up. Our first young lady is from a great farm in Monroe called Caprikoda Croft. They have such beautiful goats. Her […]
Farm Geese
We have geese. I have no idea what kind of geese they are. We just call them farm geese. Here they are. In the spring they had babies. 10 babies. A red tail hawk took one a day until there were only six left. Then Reina, the neighbor, took them to raise until they were […]
Luke, the farm dog
When we made our offer on the house we were asked if we were willing to keep their border collie dog named Luke. His owners had not yet found a home and were going to be staying in their camper. We immediately said yes because we thought it was best that he stay with his […]