For the past four days we have had some cold temperatures here on the farm. A lot of things are covered in ice. It sure is pretty. The pond started to freeze. Apparently the pond has frozen enough in the past that it was used for ice skating. The boys took ice off […]
Babysitting
On Friday night we babysat our neighbor’s son Bexon. He came over in the afternoon and visited with the animals, watched the airplanes that flew overhead, and poked around the chicken coop. He went home for a little bit to get his things and then came back. He ate dinner with us (Pork chops, mashed […]
Just Stuff
Hi there. I thought I might share a few pictures. Just fun stuff being out here in the country. This is a fort the boys have been building. The positioning of the three trees made a great spot for the fort. It is at the edge of the upper pasture and overlooks the lower acreage. […]
Creating Dry Lots for the Goats
The goats live in the barn. Both the girl’s stall and the boy’s stall have doors to outside pens. It allows them to go out and get some sunshine and have a little room to move around. Now that the rain is here we decided to “dry lot” those outside pens. What that means is […]
The End of the Harvest– Winter Squash
It is quite the learning experience to grow something new. Especially when the “readiness” is hard to judge. All of the things I read tell you to harvest winter squash before the first frost. They also tell you to wait for the vines to die back plus a couple of weeks for “curing” (the skin […]
The Boys Attend an IEW Class
Friday morning the boys and I were out the door by 7:15. Eating our breakfast in the car,we drove an hour south to Albany where the boys would attend an Institute of Excellence in Writing class. The topic was Story Writing. We are at the beginning of our third year using the IEW curriculum. It is […]
Animals, Shop, Garden and a Little Fun
I thought you might enjoy some pictures of the animals. The chicks sure have grown a lot. The Barred Rock chickens are very sociable. Our chicken coop has a door that leads out to an enclosed pen. I think that the Ameraucana chicken’s head looks like […]
Water Logging
One of the projects Michael wanted to get done this weekend was pulling old logs out of the creek. The water is really low and it seemed a good time to do it. We will leave some logs for the fish but it has too many in it and they must be pulled out. Here […]
Various Things
Well it is Friday and time to focus on chores. Over the past ten days or so I have snapped a few pictures of some things that have interested me. Here they are… One day I went outside and happened to look down at our door mat that is just before you step up to […]
What’s Up
Hello everyone, I can’t believe it has been a week since my last post. I can believe I haven’t had any time to write a post. The last I reported we were headed to the beach to celebrate me and Joshua’s birthday. Do you think the boys had fun? You wouldn’t have guessed by this […]
What Boys Do
God has graciously provided a very productive garden for us this year. The winter squash are so productive that they hide other vegetables. Namely cucumbers. Yesterday I went in search of cucumbers after avoiding the garden for a few days. Although I do try to get out to the garden daily and search for produce […]
A Monday of Ups and Downs and Ups and Do...
We had quite the roller coaster of a Monday. It started in the usual way of the boys and I doing school and Michael working. Then Michael left around lunch time to drive up to Sherwood to pick up our new dining room table that Wilson made for us. Who is Wilson? He is a […]