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January 12, 2019

First Month at the Farm

November 7, 2018

Pending and Packing

September 28, 2018

Never a Dull Moment Around Here

March 19, 2011

…And Then They’re Gone

Not so old schoolhouse. . ¡Viva la Homeschoolin

Not so old schoolhouse.
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¡Viva la Homeschooling!
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Twofold message tonight. ✨ The physical, obvious

Twofold message tonight.
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The physical, obvious stuff: stars 🌟 are so much easier to see in the country.
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The deeper, private stuff: darkness around us helps narrow the focus to the light... whether in the world around us, nationally, locally... darkness and drama show us what’s true, important, lasting, necessary, best, real, and what needs changing. Also, within us, sometimes God uses trails to wake us to truths that only become visible when the lights dim.
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I pray Jesus is lighting up your sky with a thousand bright, burning lights.
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Don’t lose hope.
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The best is yet to come.
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#hopeinasquare #hopequotes #darknesstolight #jesuslightoftheworld #bealight #bealightinthedarkness #seethestars #starlight #nightvision #dontgiveup #jesuslovesyou #jesussaves #godofcreation #nightsky #countrylife

Happy Thursday, y’all. Here’s to hoping the wi

Happy Thursday, y’all. Here’s to hoping the winter won’t slow my egg production too much around here. We sure enjoy eggs, but we have never had chickens in the winter before. This will be a new experience for everyone... including all these young chickens.
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I’m kind of excited that by February or March we might have another whole slew of eggs and a few new egg colors! Please Lord, let the rest of them survive the winter. I predict we will have a grand total of 50 chickens by March.
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Any tips from all you egg selling farm mamas out there? Crazy chicken ladies of Instagram, speak!
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“Ladies with at attitude, fellas that were in th

“Ladies with at attitude, fellas that were in the mood, don’t just stand there let’s get to it, strike a pose there’s nothing to it... Vogue.” - Madonna
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Here’s Mae West, aka Pocahontas, aka “Soak” the Brahma chicken, all grown up. She’s a total sweetheart despite her evil warty talons with feathers. 😂
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I love how she freezes when she’s not sure what I’m up to. My 9 year old carries her around and brings her inside the house. Today I had to threaten him that I’d kick his butt if she pooped on my bedroom carpet.
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Love Brahmas ... just adore them.
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Such a sad story... but I lost some babies in a ho

Such a sad story... but I lost some babies in a horrible mistake this week. Chicks are difficult to care for. I lost ELEVEN this week or more.
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The mama hens were making lots of perilous mistakes and I made the decision to pull them from the hen and chick brooder into a pen. It was cool and overcast, so I put them in the greenhouse with their heat lamp. I should have left it off, because the greenhouse gets warm, but there was one that was super sick and dying and I was afraid he would get a chill. Our errand took too long and the clouds disappeared while we were out, and when we returned, ten of the eleven had died from heat stroke. Only one was big enough to hop out and escape into the garage. Poor little guy. We are naming that one Miracle or Lazarus depending on the sex of the chick.
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I cried and cried. Now we are down to 11 chicks. We have lost some to the errors of the mama hens, the random genetic malformations that occur when eggs aren’t properly heated, from failure to thrive, from who knows what?...
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But sadly, it was me who caused the worst casualties. Farming is harder than it looks. Here’s to hoping we don’t ever make that mistake again. I thought I was smarter than that after raising my last set of 29 with only one casualty. Humble pie hurts.
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Have you ever had any heartbreaking farm or animal experiences?
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RIP sweet tiny fluff-balls. I loved you.
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Puppy is no longer a puppy. He’s a big macho man

Puppy is no longer a puppy. He’s a big macho man, tailing his girls and keeping them in line. He’s as big as big mama (minus her pregnant belly), so he is the alpha in the pasture now. Since she’s due after the holidays, he has done his “keeping milk on the menu” farm chore. He didn’t mind helping us out one little bit. It’s time for him to mosey on along to his next herd and bring more beautiful Guernsey A2 milk babies into the world.
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Yes, Puppy (aka Charmer) is going up for sale soon. We will miss him. He’s been as good as a bull can be, I suppose. I prefer Jersey milk cows to just about anything. But Jersey milk cows do need bulls now and then...
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Or there’s no milk, cream, or butter for the farmer and his family.
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Don’t cry for Puppy. We gave him just long enough to keep him from ending up in a freezer anytime soon. Now that he’s almost 2 years old, he will hopefully live a long, happy, lazy cow life.
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~ American Beautyberry ~ . Beautyberries are an i

~ American Beautyberry ~
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Beautyberries are an important food source for birds, including bobwhite quail, robins, cardinals, finches, and mockingbirds. Other animals that eat the fruit include armadillos, raccoons, opossums, squirrels, gray foxes, and rodents. Deer eat the leaves of the plants and use them as bedding and hiding spots because of their ability to repel mosquitoes and possibly other insects as well.
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Beautyberry tastes awful by itself but can be made into wine, jelly, dried arrangements, garlands, dye, tea, and a variety of medicinal concoctions (you’ll have to do your own research).
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They are a beautiful foreshadowing of Texas autumn, and a lovely landscaping plant. These were growing wild on a friend’s property and I had to snap a shot. Maybe she will share a few seeds with me!
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