Another Great Day With A Pocket Full of Hay
My first year on the farm was a pretty good year, I grew my first watermelon, had a heifer (she was crazy and I ended up selling her), and I raised sheep and pigs. But I didn’t feel like a farmer. It wasn’t until my second year on the farm that I finally felt like …
I am a homeschooling mom of two who has lived on a farm for nearly two years now. I grew up in the well irrigated desert of socal (southern California) in apartments and townhouses. I played in the alleys and on sidewalks. So I didn’t have farming or gardening experience growing up at all. The …
We have an orchard where the trees are still pretty small and the grass grows. I have grazed it three times now (during the dormant season) and two of those times were very successful. The third time, I am sad to say, was not so much. I lost a branch, a whole (very small) tree, …
The flower garden is well, not so much a flower garden more like a flower piece. When we moved in it was all dirt, flax, pampas, and a couple decorative trees. Since we have been here its been mostly weeds and weeds. However, a small section actually has flowers! I don’t have a plan exactly …
The south boundary fence line It became very apparent that a new fence was needed when I decided I would overwinter cattle. I took on 5 head, I know hardly the cattle ranch, and needed to be able to graze the far reaches of my vast 10 acres. The biggest problem I faced was a …
I must confess I am a lazy gardener, I let so many things go to seed and my garden is always a mess. Ok not always, sometimes it is beautiful… in parts. However, I have found that when you just leave things to go to seed they, wait for it… make seeds. These seeds, when …
Let’s talk baby animals. They are the sweetest things, all cute and little and fluffy. They say a new season is here and that life is full of magic. This year two lambs were born on the farm. They went from wobbling around to running so quickly. Now they run around happily and then collapse …