Greeting and salutations (a little farm reference for you all)! Another chilly, cloudy day here today. I had a delivery to do in Little Rock today (delicious pecans right to your door step). I had a little time gap before I headed back to the farm so I did what logical people do and I went to Trader Joe's. A bright spot for sure. Now I'm well stocked on mochi nuggets and fancy raisins for the coming blizzard. It's not going to be a blizzard. But if a tiny little bit of winter

When I have computer work to do that doesn't require all of my attention, I'll play a TV show in the background. Mostly they are pretty trashy choices (I see you Top Model). But - I'm now listening to/watching Victorian Farm on Amazon. Not trashy. It may be too interesting, though, because I keep finding myself fixated on their horse plow or coal range or crumbling plaster. They are doing such cool things. It does look like hard work, for sure. Loving it. Also, I'm going to h

Greeting farm folks! News (or not news) of the day - my darling Maybelline is still holding out but looking more piggy every day. Eleanor - who is very nice but not my most favorite - is also holding outwith her kiddos. We'll keep you posted. My Marans rooster - such a good guy! - is doing much better and moved back in with his girls today. He crowed all the time I was carrying him from the chicken sick ward to his chicken cottage around the back of the barn. He was totally s

Hey folks. Greetings from the little farm. I was feeding the soon-to-be mother pigs tonight and enjoying spending time with them when it occurred to me that maybe other people would like a little taste of the farm days. I often collect the highlights from my day - who moved to what pasture, what field we seeded, how many eggs, etc - in a notebook but I thought, for the foreseeable future, I'd include them in the blog. So let's see what happened today! So according to my metic