Boring farm?

 The life on a farm is rarely boring - just imagine walking through the woods just after fishing our weeks worth of troubles away at our pond and find 3 white things walking through the garden field. DUCKS - we have no ducks. Wanted ducks. Just haven't got around to getting any yet.  After a little investigation the neighbors did get ducks. So now every night they come for a visit.

  Or wake up in the morning to discover that we now have 6 barn cats instead of 1.  The barn is set up for the kidding season and mama cat had kittens in a kidding stall. Go figure.

  Or walk in the house from feeding and discover the dogs have gotten in to something. But they look so cute sleeping on the couch or in the dirty clothes pile acting like they did nothing wrong.

   Yes our farm is busy and very rarely find the time to catch up on my posting but I am  determined to get it updated, it just takes time.

Keeping the flock strong

  We are excited here on the farm. Our 1st setter ( Honey) is setting atop 23 eggs and are scheduled to start hatching in 7 days. Our setter #2 ( Drama) is setting on 8 eggs and should start hatching her eggs off  on the 1st of May. We were also able to catch a sale, $1 each, and bought 8 White Cornish rocks for food at a local store. We are stocking up on new chickens. That sounds weird huh. Well let me tell you why, when we moved here we had 21 chickens and were getting at least a dozen or more every other day. That was until something started killing them. We finally seen the intruder, a mink. So for now our 6 adult chickens, yup that's all we have left, are not allowed in the coop. Our now only rooster won't take any chances and well the photo below explains it all.

Yes he is now roosting on top of our house while the girls now roost on our porch railing.  Needless to say we may be moving the coop soon. 

Large Scale garden year 1

   Okay I have gardened for years as many of you know but this year we are going bigger. It seems we never have enough food to get us through and others need a bit of fresh veggies also.  So it seems I have gone crazy. Yes people look at me funny when I tell them that half of the 4 acre corn field will now be garden area. But that's okay. I am a bit crazy.

    By my calculations the wildlife will get a portion and we can enjoy it also. hopefully. So my question is how does one keep wild turkeys out of the garden?

We are Blessed

            What a wonderful way to end a day!!

Changes Happen

   You may have noticed that the blog has a new name. Our 4 acres was getting crowded and we decided to take the plunge and with a lot of pray and faith in August we moved to a new to us home, 27 acres with a pond, barn, garage,smoke house and storm shelter. We have been very busy here with all the work that needs done. In the next few weeks I will be posting many entries on the projects we have completed.
    Our dream is to become good stewards to the Lord and this land. Please join us on our journey.
  

Lovely

It's really a lovely day here so this post, yet overdue, will be short - hopefully.

    We have been tons busy around here - like always. I have peas, carrots, garlic, and lettuce planted. I have 250 tomato and pepper plants seeded in the greenhouse, still have more varieties to seed. We also have over 100 marigolds and other flowers that I love but find it extremely hard to buy full grown from a nursery.  Our cabbage plants are growing and hope to get them in the ground when the moon allows. Our seed potatoes are ready for the moon also. All the fruit trees are getting leaves and blooming.So right now I think I am on track. NOT.

   I have SO much more to do. My list seems to be getting longer as we get projects done. we did get one strawberry bed re-vamped and still have another to do. the pond needs cleaned out and relined. The chicken run needs to be bigger. Not to mention all the other seeds that need seeded in the greenhouse. I still have more tomatoes ( as mentioned above), rosemary, chives, and flowers to get started. Also the onions need planted.
    So right now when someone asks about how the gardening is going I have to chuckle and say " It's Lovely" although its tiring and alot of work its "just Lovely"

Giveaway

Our friends over at Homestead Revival have a great giveaway. If you are preparing your family for a disaster and worried about a water source. They are giving away a barrel and a pump!!! http://homesteadrevival.blogspot.com/2011/04/give-away-water-barrel-and-pump.html

Have great fun reading other posts as well! Have a blessed day and good luck!