Hey Y’all!

Well, it has been awhile since we have posted. I have been pretty busy with the kids & animals. We have another new addition. Our neighbor called & had found a puppy under her porch, so I offered to take it. I gave him to Ian & he named him Jack. (We had another Jack… » read more

Milk & Bacon

Today we added more to our family of farm animals. We bought 2 new Nanny goats who kidded a couple of weeks back. We bought them & their babies. As soon as the babies are weaned, we will have milk! The man we got them from also has another nanny who will kid before long… » read more

Let It Snow!

One of the many reason I loved Florida was NO SNOW. I grew up in Virginia, we didn’t get a lot of snow but we had our years. I was glad to get away from the cold winters & snow & ice. My 2 oldest children had seen snow before, while visiting their Dad &… » read more

Christmas 2009

Well, the Christmas season is upon us once again. I have been very busy, as has Will. We try to keep Christmas Eve as simple as possible. I made a bacon, egg & cheese casserole for dinner. While dinner was in the oven, we put up the tree. We always put it up Christmas Eve… » read more

Happy Thanksgiving

It has been a busy last few weeks here at the farm. We have been getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday & a visit from Chris, Will’s brother. Chris stayed from Fri Nov 20 until Sunday Nov 22. It was nice to see him, as we had not seen him in two years. Will put… » read more

More Piggies!

We have acquired 7 new piglets, 5 boars & 2 sows I believe. We got a good deal on them from a man we bought our last bunch from. We also sold on of our grown boars today. A neighbor stopped by to see if we had an adult male, as he has a sow… » read more

Recent Happenings

Hi guys & gals. It has been awhile since I last posted. We have been pretty busy around here. First of all we are trying to get the house winterized & we are putting up a new barn for the horses. We also have 2 more horses & 8 more piglets being delivered sometime in… » read more

Family, Friends, Good times and Work

Sorry it has taken so long to post, we have been pretty busy around here as of late. Been harvesting parts of the garden, mowing several acres repeatedly, tending to our now wide range of animals, helping the kids with school work, and a plethora of other happenings.
In the news, my first stab at a… » read more

Bruiser

Today brought us another surprise. Cristian & Jason were out riding the ATV around the yard when Jason pointed something out to Cristian in the culvert. Cristian turned off the ATV & heard yapping & went to investigate. He found a little puppy down there & he doesn’t look very old. He brought him up… » read more

Luke’s First Birthday

Today is our youngest child’s first birthday. He has eaten a few things here & there, mostly baby food. Today he got his first taste of cake. We bought a bunch of cupcakes for him & our other children & set him loose. This is what we ended up with:
Happy birthday, Luke. We love you!

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Loaded Freezers and Full Bellies

Well, the day came this past saturday when it was time to take one of our beautiful hogs, the one we named ‘Ham’ matter of fact, and convert him to preservable freezer stock. It was an interesting day to say the least, as this is the first hog I have personally butchered, so it was… » read more