Spring Time Is Coming

 

Oh, how I can't wait for all the snow to be melted! The weather lately has been about 50 or 40 degrees, so much better than the below 20 weather we were having before. :)

Now that the weather is getting better all our critters are exploring the pasture again....they actually can see some grass...and the ducks are LOVING the mud. :)

 

As spring is drawing closer, our egg production is increasing, from our 24 girls we are getting about 8 to 10 eggs a day!! We have two customers that we are currently selling to, our first customer we sell 2 dozen a week to, and our second customer we sell a half dozen a week to.

We would like to increase our number of hens this year, so we will have more egg production...both for our family and to sell. We have a good number of people around us who would like farm fresh pasture raised eggs.

( Yes this picture is of OUR eggs :D )

 

Gardening time is almost here....there is a lot to plant, and we are so excited!! We already planted all our onions, red, white, and green. If all of them take we should get about 36 of each onion.....yes, we like onions :) 

 Throughout the next couple of months we will be planting like crazy. I will be taking pictures and will be doing a big blog post for you guys! So excited...I can't wait!

 

Until it's time to plant all our seeds, we are storing them all together in here. It is a shoe hanger, but it comes in VERY handy for your seeds and gardening tools!

Well, that's all for now, I will be posting when it's time to get the rest of the seeds planted, Happy Homesteading!

"And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer." - Paul Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Menagerie of Animals

We are getting quite a few new followers on our facebook page every day, which is really exciting! So, I decided, after I realized that we never really wrote about how many animals we have, to write about them. So here it goes....

(We live on a little over 4 acres of land...so there is plenty of room for everybody)


                                      We have 4 dogs...

Dandilion.

We adopted her from a humane society in KY about 9 years ago. She is our good ol' farm dog. She's a  protector and and big ol' goofball.

 

 

Buford.

We adopted him 3 years ago from a local humane society. We think he is between the ages of 5-7. He was rescued from a very horrible situation. He is a challenge because of his previous life, but we love him anyways.

 

 

Rebel (left) Riggy (right)

We adopted them about 5 months ago. They are 7 months old and are a BIG, lovable handful!

 

 

Next are the cats...we have 6 of them...

 

Scooter.

We brought him home about 15 years ago, he is known as our farm cat. He enjoys spending long hours outside "hunting" and then loves coming inside for his snuggles at night. He is our sweet boy!

 

 

Cedar.

She was brought home from a mission's trip to Cedar Rapids Iowa 6 years ago. She is our indoor mouser...she sometimes falls asleep while doing it too. ;)

 

 

 

 

The next four cats were born of our two outdoor cats 5 years ago. (Moses and Pumpkin who have since passed away)

 

Berlioz.

Chubby and loveable! He is just like his Daddy...purring all the time!

 

Toulouse.

Mr. long and lanky. A few times Toulouse actually caught snakes that were IN the house...and ate them. :P

 

 

Marie.

Our other purr box and our other mouse catcher. She also loves to climb on your lap to get some scratches.

Callie.

The smallest of them all. She was born with only 3 legs, but she gets around as well as the others. She LOVES people, always looking for attention. 

 

 

 

 

Now onto the farm animals....starting with the chickens and ducks...

 

We have 29 chickens (27 hens & 2 roosters) and 3 ducks.

We have about 10 different breeds of chickens, but only 1 breed of duck . Khaki Campbell ducks are known to be the best laying ducks.

 

 

Buttons, Abigail, & Amelia

 

 

 

 

 

Then finally there are the goats...

Sassy (front) & Clover (back)

We bought them from a local farm back in March. We weren't ready for them at all but we just couldn't resist! :) They are a cross breed of Lamancha and Saanen and they are 9 months old. We will be breeding Sassy in December and Clover in January. CAN'T WAIT for fresh goat's milk!!!

 

 

Well, that is our menagerie of animals...for now. ;) ;)

 

Every day is a new adventure...sometimes fun and sometimes not. But we are enjoying every day of  being closer and closer to being a working homestead!

 

 

 

 

"And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer." - Paul Harvey