Elaine | July 9, 2010
Today I had a “day off”. I did not have any dogs scheduled so I enlisted the boys to help me with blackberry picking. We came up with a deal and I paid them in Wii time. For the most part they were a big help. After all the berries were picked I started making [...]
Elaine | July 2, 2010
We are keeping a new cat in the barn. She is very sweet. Her name is Amy and we got her from a friend who needed to find a new home for her. I caught her today sunning herself in the barn. Later I found her in a bunch of hay that the chickens had [...]
Elaine | July 1, 2010
Wow! What a wild and crazy month it was. I will recap for you: Samuel went to 4-H camp and then on a mission trip called Fish Camp. All in one week we had Vacation Bible School, my sister-in-law and niece from Dallas visiting, and mid-week my parents came and stole er, took both my [...]
Elaine | June 9, 2010
It has been a wild couple of days. We had chicks born this am. When I went out to the barn tonight to milk I noticed a different mother hen on the ground with a chick. I think it is the chick that is seen here. It is this Momma hen who is on the [...]
Elaine | May 30, 2010
Stitches had her babies this afternoon! Momma and bucklings are doing well. Stitches gave me no sign that she was ready to have those babies this morning. We went off to church and when I came home there they were! I am kind of bummed I wasn’t with her when she labored but I think [...]
Elaine | May 29, 2010
This is my goat Stitches. She was due to kid on the 27th. Today is the 29th! She is in no hurry to have these babies. In fact I think she enjoys the fact at my stress level increases with every hour. See how she is toying with me. She is pretending that I don’t [...]
Elaine | May 13, 2010
We just picked her up today. She is my new Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD). The things we know about her….she is a working dog to protect goats, and she will test fences. She is 7 months old and loves to be on the front porch. What we don’t know about her….she has never been with [...]
Elaine | May 6, 2010
Last year we had close to 20 pairs of hummingbirds coming to the feeder. I finally saw my first hummingbird the day after all the rain so I quickly made some nectar and cleaned the feeder. Unfortunately I put it in the dishwasher and forgot to turn the heat dry cycle off. It looked fine [...]
Elaine | May 3, 2010
Most of you have heard about the recent storms in the South East. Nashville was hit pretty bad with 15 inches of rain in 2 days. West of Nashville was hit with over 20 inches. The Cumberland River flows right through Nashville and is at 52+ feet as I write this. To put that into [...]
Elaine | April 29, 2010
Look what we got today! I know it seems like I need a 12 step program for chicken addictions, however, since my friendly neighborhood fox has taken to dining on my hens I want to make sure I have extras for next year. I found this guy on Craigslist. He guarantees that these are girls. [...]
