Everyday
Planning A Winter Garden
Not to be easily derailed by hungry deer and garden-destroying chickens, I came across some seeds, and then some information on 4 season gardening, and figured that if anyone could do it, I probably can’t, but why not give it a try anyway? So, pulling my trusty seed packet off the laundry room shelf, and [...]
Fall Has Come to Virginia!
Yesterday as I was driving down highway 501, near Gladys, in a particularly densly wooded area, I suddenly noticed that the leaves on the trees had turned vivid orange, yellow, russet and red. I think I possibly noticed them because of a car accident and several grown men suddenly darting out in front of my [...]
The Horse | Palmar Angles’ Effect on Laminitic Horse Hooves
I apologize to those of you who are not horse owners, but I received this article this morning and just had to share it. The traditional laminitis treatment of raising heels with shoes and pads simply defies logic and it’s so frustrating to see it prescribed over and over and over…often ending in the death [...]
The Deer Have Eaten All The Tomatoes!
We have been watching about a dozen tomatoes getting bigger and bigger and bigger. I couldn’t wait to pick them and have our first home-grown tomatoes of the season, but they were still very green so hadn’t yet picked any. Now I wish I would have picked them to ripen indoors, because when I checked them again after [...]
Whinnyhill Farm Benefit Cruise…The story so far… (via Accessible Cruising)
Whinnyhill Farm is a rescue farm for horses whose owners no longer want them or can't afford to keep them anymore. The economy has made things much worse for the horses. Not only are there more people who can't afford to keep horses, but Whinnyhill Farm is not getting the funds they need to operate. [...]
Back Home Again…to regular old wordpress!
Good morning! As many of you know, I recently moved my blog over to a private hosting company so that I could do more cool and fancy things with it. It’s been about 2 months now, and even though I transferred my entire blog, it never would work exactly right. I found out that when [...]
YouTube – Merry Christmas from the Jonas Family
YouTube – Merry Christmas from the Jonas Family. Super-cute video from the goat milk soaping family at “Goat Milk Stuff”, the Jonas’s.
4 Feet High and Rising!
Well, it’s not actually 4 feet high…yet, but who knows how long this is going to go on? We could be buried 10 feet under when it’s done! It’s still early, and these were the only two pictures I could get from the front porch in my robe and slippers. Brrr.. At least my unthawing [...]
Another Goat Escape! Plus, New Labels!
This morning CG awoke to the dogs barking, which is nothing new. We didn’t really pay any attention to them. However, when I looked out the front door, I noticed the buck pen seemed strangely empty. Two bucks and a huge white dog in a small yard are hard to miss. I looked a little [...]
Is It Hot or What?
Two mornings ago I woke up to frost on the ground that seemed to scare away market shoppers, and left all of us vendors shivering until closing time at noon. Today we woke up early, at around 5:30, sweating. The bedroom thermometer registered 80 degrees. The one in the living room is pointing at 90+. [...]
