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Posted on April 8, 2015 by Crystal

What’s Up Wednesday – April 8th

We are in hyper drive around here. Making soap, making laundry detergent, caring for the farm, working in garden… It’s crazy!! We are preparing for Spring Bada-Bing and South of the James this week. If you’ve never been to one… Keep Reading

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Crystal

Getting to Know… The Marans

When we first got chickens we purchased one of each breed that we found appealing. Each breed has different characteristics; how many eggs they tend to lay, temperament, how well they deal with heat and cold, etc. The idea was… Keep Reading

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Crystal

Fun Farm Fact Friday… April 3rd

It’s time to break up all the goat facts with a chicken fact! Today’s chicken fact was one that I found quite interesting… If you have several different roosters around your hens can/will breed with all of them, but they… Keep Reading

Posted on April 2, 2015September 17, 2020 by Crystal

365 Project – March

The months are just flying by! March was amazing. Between babies being born and the garden we had our hands full. Here is the look back at the March images from our 365 project. Get ready for lots and lots… Keep Reading

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Crystal

What’s up Wednesday – April 1st

It’s April!! Spring is really starting to settle in and temperatures are rising slowly. The trees around the farm are starting to bloom, the garden is coming together, and we have lots of babies running around. It’s a wonderful time… Keep Reading

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Crystal

Garden Phase 2 – Soil Prep and Seed Starting

The garden is moving along! The huge expansion has been a difficult transition, time wise. Which is to be expected when you are growing on 5x more space than in years past. I am desperately trying to get the beds… Keep Reading

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Crystal

Getting to Know… Tux

Tux is the newest member of our farm family. I had been talking about wanting an inside lap cat for a while. Don’t get me wrong our other inside cat, Buckley, is a wonderful companion, but he has never been… Keep Reading

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Crystal

Budding Spring

I decided this year that I wanted to document the first day of spring on the farm. While there isn’t a lot of “spring like” things happening yet, there are little hints that spring is on it’s way. There is… Keep Reading

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Crystal

Fun Farm Fact Friday… March 27th

This week we have one last goat kid fact to share with you: Standard goat kids, on average, weigh 6 pounds at birth. While they are tall they are also very lean. This weight can vary due to the size… Keep Reading

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Crystal

What’s up Wednesday – March 25th

Another week has gone by and Hillary is still pregnant (or at least she is as I am writing this post on Tuesday)! As of Monday the babies lungs were developed. We made it! She could go any day now… Keep Reading