we’re still rockin’ and rollin’

Never fear, we’re still alive and well over here.  The farm is drying up with a lack of significant rain fall since the end of May.  Our pastures have turned brown, and the only thing growing well are the weeds.  I’m glad we were able to cut enough hay the first go-around to get us [...]

Read Full Post »

In which I attempt to cover a month of events

Wow, there is so much to say with the latest events over the past few weeks since the last post.  Forgive me, dear readers (hello?  anyone?), but let me indulge you in the latest from Spring Mill. Chicken: It’s What’s for Dinner Two weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, we processed our old laying hens. [...]

Read Full Post »

Finding time

Some days it’s so hard to find the time to do everything I need to do. On those days, besides not getting my “to-do” list completed, the blog doesn’t get updated. Take the past few weeks as an example. The goat kids are growing like weeds.  I need to weigh them, because I seriously think [...]

Read Full Post »

Kids and Kids

As you can tell, the neighbors came over to visit little Rock and Doris, see the horses and other animals, and help me milk Jacqsonne last evening!

Read Full Post »

Measuring Up, 148 days

Today marks 148 days bred for Abba and Memphis.   This morning I measured the circumference of their ever-widening abdomens.  Their last measurement was at a month out, so about 3.5 weeks ago. Today’s measurements: Abba – 50 inches Memphis – 51 inches That’s a gain of nearly 5 inches each!  It’s been a lot of [...]

Read Full Post »

taking a moment

Today, work was just one of those days.  One of those days where you say to yourself, “I’m going home and drinking a beer.”  And here I find myself, not one, but two, beers later. Jenna wrote on Monday about a similar situation.  Maybe without the beer.  She didn’t mention it. I came home this [...]

Read Full Post »

one of those days…

Monday of this week was absolutely gorgeous.  Highs in the low 50′s, the sun shining brightly.  Despite the fact that I screwed up and went into work on my day off (and subsequently spent half my day off working as a receptionist to earn a little extra money), the animals and I took advantage of [...]

Read Full Post »

whirl wind weekend

Haven’t been on the farm much this weekend – I got the opportunity to take my horse down to vet in NC to have him check for ulcers on the cheap ($70 sedation cost for a $500+ procedure) and before I knew it, he was loaded on the trailer and we were on the road. [...]

Read Full Post »