Time to start blogging again. I got out of blogging, but I decided it is time to start up again. We are still working on the farm and I will get some pictures posted this week. One of our chicken hens and our turkey hen both hatched eggs this Spring. We ended up with three new chicks and five new turkeys. Our chicken Edna is taking care of all eight babies and she is loving every minute of it!
We have our garden planted and is really growing now with the hot weather that just kicked in. Our farm is a lot of work and at times we feel overwhelmed, but when we look out and see views and beauty we just can't give it up.
Cheers!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Friday, July 6, 2012
here we go!
Wow! It has been since November since I last wrote on my blog. I have had a few friends and family asking me if I was going to start blogging again. So, I decided it was time to get back to it. Life has been busy for us here on the farm. I will put up pictures on my next blog post. We have lots of new things going on here. We built raised beds for our vegetable garden and created a path area to get to it with a blend of vegetables, herbs and flowers throughout. It is growing great and I love it.
We also have a lot of new animals. We lost our Sammy (wiener dog) this Spring by getting run over by a car. That was a very tragic day for me and I still miss him. However, we adopted a two year old wiener dog named Roxy and she looks so much like Sam. Then about two months ago we got a standard poodle and we named him Gus. He is a riot and we all just love him. This Spring we also got three Alpacas and they enjoy the pasture all day and night. We got new chickens as well, 25 to be exact. We will eat some of them and keep some for egg laying. Last and least we got ducks and geese. The ducks actually I like, they are pretty neat. However, the geese are gross, annoying and so messy. We are likely going to have goose for dinner here soon.
Well, I am excited to be back to my blog and look forward to writing about the weekly adventures of Danforth Farm. Cheers!
We also have a lot of new animals. We lost our Sammy (wiener dog) this Spring by getting run over by a car. That was a very tragic day for me and I still miss him. However, we adopted a two year old wiener dog named Roxy and she looks so much like Sam. Then about two months ago we got a standard poodle and we named him Gus. He is a riot and we all just love him. This Spring we also got three Alpacas and they enjoy the pasture all day and night. We got new chickens as well, 25 to be exact. We will eat some of them and keep some for egg laying. Last and least we got ducks and geese. The ducks actually I like, they are pretty neat. However, the geese are gross, annoying and so messy. We are likely going to have goose for dinner here soon.
Well, I am excited to be back to my blog and look forward to writing about the weekly adventures of Danforth Farm. Cheers!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Update
It has been over two months since I last wrote on my blog. I have been having some health issues and so my blog hasn't been a focus. Our farm is doing good overall. We did have pumpkins for Halloween and I carved one of them with my kids. We have had such nice Fall weather and it is so great for the kids to be able to play outside still. I have kept my beets in the ground and covered them with hay and actually just had some for dinner the other night. It is great to still be able to get vegetables from the garden.
Our chickens are still doing good. We tend to let them free range more often and they love that. Our cat loves that too because she either goes in the hen house or teases them while they are out. Max (our rooster) and Sylvia (our cat) were having some words today and oh how I wished I had a camera at that moment. We are still getting about 3 eggs per day. Life has slowed down overall now that Winter is headed our way.
Well, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Cheers!
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Our chickens are still doing good. We tend to let them free range more often and they love that. Our cat loves that too because she either goes in the hen house or teases them while they are out. Max (our rooster) and Sylvia (our cat) were having some words today and oh how I wished I had a camera at that moment. We are still getting about 3 eggs per day. Life has slowed down overall now that Winter is headed our way.
Well, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Cheers!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
New Things
Wow! Two weeks since I last wrote, I can hardly believe it. Things on the farm are going well. We are actually starting to get some vegetables from our garden. We should have pumpkins in time for Halloween, so that will be fun for the boys. My husband found a bunch of windows for sell and so this Fall/Winter he is going to build us a green house. That is going to be so awesome, I can hardly wait.
My husband spent the past few weekends building a structure to add more counter tops in our kitchen. They are in place now and the extra space is so wonderful. My oldest sister is sewing kitchen cabinet curtains to put up instead of cabinets. It is going to look great and she is almost done. I will post a picture when it is finished.
The animals are doing good. I think Sam (our wiener dog) misses Oliver still, but he and Sylvia are doing great together. I am so relieved about that. She is starting to come out of the garage and I think at night she is busy exploring. We have major crickets around the house. Right now there is one chirping in the kitchen...ugh I can't find it and it is driving me crazy.
Well, have a great day everyone. Cheers!
My husband spent the past few weekends building a structure to add more counter tops in our kitchen. They are in place now and the extra space is so wonderful. My oldest sister is sewing kitchen cabinet curtains to put up instead of cabinets. It is going to look great and she is almost done. I will post a picture when it is finished.
The animals are doing good. I think Sam (our wiener dog) misses Oliver still, but he and Sylvia are doing great together. I am so relieved about that. She is starting to come out of the garage and I think at night she is busy exploring. We have major crickets around the house. Right now there is one chirping in the kitchen...ugh I can't find it and it is driving me crazy.
Well, have a great day everyone. Cheers!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Animals
Good Morning. The weather has been so hot, in fact last night I had a hard time going to sleep because of it. Next week it is supposed to cool down some and that will be nice. It was 102 degrees yesterday, just too hot to work outside. Our garden is doing okay with our new method. One good thing with putting the straw down is it holds in the moisture better. Last night we went and checked the vegetables and we actually have some growing, hopefully they get big enough before the freeze comes.
We got a barn cat a couple of weeks ago. We named her Sylvia. She is about three years old and we got her from our Vet. She lives out in our barn/garage and is doing great. She took about a week to come out of hiding and greet us. She is a gentle cat and really nice. I am not a cat person. I have actually liked two cats my whole life. I am surprised how nice she is since she was a stranded cat. The boys really love her and she is great with them.
On a sad note, we had to put down our big black dog named Oliver. I have had Oliver for over 11 years and he was almost 12 years old. He was okay physically, but believe it or not he had major mental problems. I have had to deal with his anxiety all his life, which has not been fun, but managable. The past few months he just went down hill really fast. He killed one of our chickens and he tried to get our cat and he almost succeeded. It was a hard decision to make, but he had so many issues, we decided it was time for him to go. It has been really hard for me at times. I still think I see him laying around the farm. We will miss him and it will take some time to get used to him being gone.
Well, have a great day everyone. Cheers.
We got a barn cat a couple of weeks ago. We named her Sylvia. She is about three years old and we got her from our Vet. She lives out in our barn/garage and is doing great. She took about a week to come out of hiding and greet us. She is a gentle cat and really nice. I am not a cat person. I have actually liked two cats my whole life. I am surprised how nice she is since she was a stranded cat. The boys really love her and she is great with them.
On a sad note, we had to put down our big black dog named Oliver. I have had Oliver for over 11 years and he was almost 12 years old. He was okay physically, but believe it or not he had major mental problems. I have had to deal with his anxiety all his life, which has not been fun, but managable. The past few months he just went down hill really fast. He killed one of our chickens and he tried to get our cat and he almost succeeded. It was a hard decision to make, but he had so many issues, we decided it was time for him to go. It has been really hard for me at times. I still think I see him laying around the farm. We will miss him and it will take some time to get used to him being gone.
Well, have a great day everyone. Cheers.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
This n' That
Wow! It has been two weeks since I have blogged. It really doesn't feel like it has been that long. The camping trip I went on with my friend and her two boys was a flop (so to speak). The camp ground we wanted to stay in was full and it was raining really hard off and on while we were there. So, we ended up renting a room from a young family. We got to go on hikes and stuff, but no camping that trip. I told the boys I would set up the tent in our yard and we can try it that way. While I was away for a few days with they boys on that trip, my husband surprised me and put in the new counters. They look so much better. He didn't finish the whole kitchen, but it won't be long until I have counters around my stove. I can't wait!
Our garden is a nightmare. We finally are trying a different method to see if we can salvage some of the vegetables. My husband heard about a method from Ruth Stout. You put straw down everywhere to keep the weeds out. If you see a weed trying to pop through, you just put so more straw on it. We are about half way down and it is a very itchy job. Before we put down the straw my husband got the tractor out and disked as much of it as we could. Hopefully this works because we are overwhelmed with weeds. We also realized we just made our garden too big. So, next year we are going to add a section of fruit trees, grape vines, raspberries and blackberries.
It has been so hot and I am ready for some Fall weather. Have a great day. Cheers.
Our garden is a nightmare. We finally are trying a different method to see if we can salvage some of the vegetables. My husband heard about a method from Ruth Stout. You put straw down everywhere to keep the weeds out. If you see a weed trying to pop through, you just put so more straw on it. We are about half way down and it is a very itchy job. Before we put down the straw my husband got the tractor out and disked as much of it as we could. Hopefully this works because we are overwhelmed with weeds. We also realized we just made our garden too big. So, next year we are going to add a section of fruit trees, grape vines, raspberries and blackberries.
It has been so hot and I am ready for some Fall weather. Have a great day. Cheers.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
new (reused) counters
Greetings. The kids are still asleep and I am enjoying some solitude (except for Max crowing like crazy). Today we are going tent camping with a friend who also has two boys. I have never tent camped with the boys, so this should be interesting. I love tent camping and am looking forward to some fresh mountain air.
My sister decided to get new counter tops installed and so she gave us her old ones. Her kitchen is huge (and she doesn't even cook), so we will have enough to re due our kitchen plus add some over by our stove and put some in our mudroom. I am excited and can't wait till we put them in and I am thankful she gave them to us.
Our garden is doing pretty good, but I did find squash bugs last night. I had to kill them and look for all the eggs on the leaves. There were a lot of eggs, but I think I got most of them. I hate squash bugs and they are so hard to get rid of. Hopefully, by finding them early I will keep them from eating up all our squash plants. I do find lots of lady bugs in our garden, so that is great for getting rid of the bad bugs I miss.
Well, have a great day everyone. Cheers.
My sister decided to get new counter tops installed and so she gave us her old ones. Her kitchen is huge (and she doesn't even cook), so we will have enough to re due our kitchen plus add some over by our stove and put some in our mudroom. I am excited and can't wait till we put them in and I am thankful she gave them to us.
Our garden is doing pretty good, but I did find squash bugs last night. I had to kill them and look for all the eggs on the leaves. There were a lot of eggs, but I think I got most of them. I hate squash bugs and they are so hard to get rid of. Hopefully, by finding them early I will keep them from eating up all our squash plants. I do find lots of lady bugs in our garden, so that is great for getting rid of the bad bugs I miss.
Well, have a great day everyone. Cheers.
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