I dried more apples and again I realized how little food we waste. Since we grow our own apples I chose to not work so hard around blemishes, bugs etc. I just cut those parts out and put them in the waste bowl. But the waste bowl doesn’t actually go to waste. I can give […]
We’ve Made it a Year
Today is our one year anniversary of moving from here to here. I thought it would be nice to look back at how things have changed. I’ll zip through the changes we’ve made to the place. We’ve added some toys…..oh yeah, I’m supposed to call them tools. We cleaned a really dirty barn. We added […]
Field Fencing
After papa goose disappeared Michael thought it was best to replace the field fencing that was around the pond. It was old and had places that the geese were able to get through. The Saturday after Christmas Michael and the boys took down the old fence and some of the useless posts. They bought new […]
Death, The Ugly Side of Homesteading
I’m a softy. I didn’t grow up on a farm raising my own animals, naming them only to kill them and eat them. We have “lost” two geese in the past two weeks. First was papa goose. During the flooding of the lower acreage the geese would swim all over the place. Remember the neighbor’s […]
Very Funny Story
Happy 2015. I was looking up information on the internet about geese when I came across this hilarious story. It is from a website called Homestead.org and it is written by Diana Barker. Remember that old commercial, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature?” Well, as a young child of about 12, I found out […]
Our Wayward Geese
About mid-morning I heard someone shooting a gun. That isn’t uncommon in our neighborhood. It continued. Then the phone rang. It was Nick our neighbor. He called to inform me that our geese were in the field that bordered his property and the owner of that property was shooting at them. I told the boys […]
Our Affectionate Animals
Michael has been taking care of opening the barn in the mornings. It helps me to not have to rush getting everything done before I wake the boys up at 7:30. I miss seeing the animals each morning though. I went out in the afternoon to visit the chicks and the goats. Apparently Brown Sugar […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]