For four days last week, my granddaughter, Kinzie and I, worked the kids camp at our church. It’s four days of chaos being skillfully guided by seasoned volunteers who know how to handle the children. I believe the grades are third through sixth with others who belong to the volunteers. Kinzie bravely spent all her […]
The first half of the week seemed to be pretty slow news wise, but picked up toward the end of the week. I candled the duck eggs and ended up pulling two more, leaving 24 to finish incubating. I harvest some peas from the garden and was pretty excited about it because I had never
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Although I’m always busy with something, some weeks are a more eventful than others. It seems this past week was one of the more eventful ones. I’ve been spending extra time out with the piglets. This is my first time farrowing and raising piglets and I am trying really hard to learn as much as
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I’m loving the weather this week. There has been a mix of rain (1.3 inches) and glorious sunshine. Even with the sun out, it has not been too hot. Nice! I have moved the ducklings that hatched last week out to a chicken tractor. They are enjoying fresh grass and I am enjoying less mess
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The piglets have been darling and I spend several minutes a day out in the pen just observing and enjoying the antics of Wattles nine piglets. Even though aspects of having pigs on the farm have been stressful, these cuties have lightened my heart tremendously. But, this week, I have more new babies. I now
We had several days of cloudy, drizzly weather with the highs frequently in the sixties. Yesterday, the temperature climbed to ninety degrees. I have to admit that I didn’t mind it. I’d rather sweat a little than be cold. I was reminded that I need to keep a closer eye on my pigs as Daisy
Although parts of Oklahoma have seen some devastating tornadoes already this year, we have not experienced any. We have had our share of wind though. I know it doesn’t compare in the least to the horrific damage a tornado produces. I am, however, in the process of repairing wind damaged animal structures here. We like
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I understand that owning animals can come with costs that occasionally end up being more than just infrastructure, and feed. I understood this with each and every animal type I’ve taken on. Still, I’ve tried to keep my costs to a minimum to the best of my ability. In the past five years, I don’t
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The days before I left for the Self-Reliance festival were very busy and stressful. Anytime I make plans to leave town, it’s stressful as I do everything in my power to make life simple for those who stay behind. I make sure they have food that is easily prepared and that the animal chores are
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I love Spring, although, in many ways Fall is probably more my favorite season. There seem to be more days in the Fall where the weather is steady and nice. The temperatures are more stable along with the weather events. In Spring, the welcomed warmer weather is volatile; torrential rains, hail, tornadoes, twenty degrees one
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