Losing Our Shirts, Keeping The Farm

It was a hot day today, so when I went out to water the pigs, I spent some time spraying water for them to wallow in, like I always do.  A...

Ah, the first of May, ancient festival of Beltane, when all the pretty girls wear flowers in their hair and dance around the Maypole, and th...

Poor little Xoco.  She has learned the hard way the perils of poking your nose (or in this case, your whole head) in where it doesn't be...

Can I just say again how much I love these Guinea Hogs?  They are just so funny and charming! The youngest and most skittish of the pigs e...

Lambing season is winding down now.  I'm back to sleeping in my own bed instead of out in the barn.  I only have three new lambs to repo...

Meet Storm Senter!   He's a 2-year old Oldenburg-cross gelding.  His sire is my (former) Oldenburg stallion, Senter Stage, and his dam i...

Last year, when Tansy lost her lamb at birth, I decided to try milking her a little bit, to get milk for making sheep's milk soap.  Twic...

It's been more than a week since I last posted pictures of new lambs, so there are quite a few new ones to show. Let's see, where ...

We had our first pig escape today.  I was walking through the lamb pasture, checking on all the moms and babies.  The two sows were in the...

As a break from all the lamb photos, here's a brief visit with one of our farm's other residents.  We have lots of box turtles here,...