Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Cleaning Up Two Old Sheds
Monday, March 28, 2011
I love poultry, but not the prices
I am looking to purchase some goslings or geese and I cannot believe the price of goslings. In every magazine and pamplet I look at they are anywhere from $8.00 to $23.00 a piece. To me that's high way robbery. The $8.00 ones cost an arm and a leg to ship; so if the price don't get you the shipping and the "other fees" will.
Does anyone know of any hatcheries out there with reasonable prices and shipping on goslings? If you do I'd appreciate any information you can give me.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
The story behind the guinea/beagle
It all began when something ate my guineas; one by one until all I had left was one lonesome guinea. It just ran around here late last summer squawking around for a few weeks and then I started seeing it trying to follow our beagles around. Then I saw the beagles sunning themselves one day and the guinea really close by and a few days later the beagles were sunning themselves again and the guinea made herself a dirt bath really close to them and was sunning herself too. Then deer season came and we had to tie our beagles up to keep someone from shooting them. The guinea stayed close to Lucas's house all the time. She just left his house to eat and roost. Then I saw her in his doghouse one day and he was okay with it. Then a week or so later I was outside one night and checked on the dogs and there she was in the house all snug and warm against Lucas as it poured down the snow. Both of the beagles have come to accept their new weird friend/sister. When we bought some chicken three months ago she wouldn't go around them and she's just now warming up to them. At least they are birds like her and not beagles. I'm going to buy her some friends as soon as I can get a pen built with a top on it. That is the story of how the guinea/beagle began.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
I've been busy
I've had a lot on my plate here lately. We cleaned up the tree in the front yard and have been cleaning on the yard for about a week. I've been redoing the strawberry beds or weed beds with strawberries in them; you can pick either one. I've been tearing down some old barn sheds that fell over last summer and they are a mess. They had some old furniture and a few other things in there that I had to dig out and get to the dump. I still have a lot of cleaning to do on it. I'll post some pictures of it later.
We cleaned off the garden yesterday evening and burnt all the weeds and such. I know you're thinking that should have been done last fall and it should have been. I got a little lazy last fall and didn't clean everything up for winter and now I'm paying for it. I have so much brush cutting to do along fences and road banks before everything greens up and I'm running out of time. The tree we trimmed in the front yard is already trying to leaf out. I down think I'll ever catch up on all the work around here; between my day job and everything else I haven't had very much time to do anything around here. At least spring is here and I'll get some good weather to get some stuff done. I hope I get a few breaks in between rain showers to get something done.
And before I forget I mowed some grass a couple days ago. I love to mow grass, but if gas continues to go up I'll be looking for a few goats or sheep to mow for me. Well that's a rant I won't get into.
We cleaned off the garden yesterday evening and burnt all the weeds and such. I know you're thinking that should have been done last fall and it should have been. I got a little lazy last fall and didn't clean everything up for winter and now I'm paying for it. I have so much brush cutting to do along fences and road banks before everything greens up and I'm running out of time. The tree we trimmed in the front yard is already trying to leaf out. I down think I'll ever catch up on all the work around here; between my day job and everything else I haven't had very much time to do anything around here. At least spring is here and I'll get some good weather to get some stuff done. I hope I get a few breaks in between rain showers to get something done.
And before I forget I mowed some grass a couple days ago. I love to mow grass, but if gas continues to go up I'll be looking for a few goats or sheep to mow for me. Well that's a rant I won't get into.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
A little wood and new chicks
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Tree Trimming
I wasn't home yesterday evening to get a picture of the tree before it was sheared. This is it with one fork trimmed.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Stocking up for next winter
First of all I wanted to say that our hearts and prayers go out to Japan and everyone affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
I guess if you look at the bright side of big wet snows and strong winds; this is what you get. I cut 8 loads of wood along our road that have been broke down by the big wet snow at the end of January and what the wind blew down a couple weeks back.
With what I cut last fall and what I've cut this winter I have more than enough to do me all next winter. I have some trees around the meadow that need cut and that will add another 15 to 20 loads to the total. I guess I'm rich, but just in wood.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
A few big buck pictures, mostly

Tuesday, March 8, 2011
This poem says it all!
This is a poem that I came across in The Market Bulletin; which is put out monthly by the WV Department of Agriculture.
I Am A Farmer . . .
By Bob Tabb
WVDA Deputy Commissioner
My occupation is not just a job - It is a "way of life"
I am a caretaker of the land and water
I am a practicing environmentalist
By the "Grace of God" I am the reason you have the most abundant, safe and economical food supply in the world
I thank God everyday for his Blessings
I am a farmer
Monday, March 7, 2011
My new Silver Laced Wyandottes
Sunday, March 6, 2011
All that rain turned into snow
Saturday, March 5, 2011
More rain and chickens
They're saying more rain tonight into tomorrow. Something like 2 to 3 inches total. That's on top of the inch and a half we got Monday. I hope it's not like this when spring planting comes around. I've been trying to cut some brush around fences and around the pond, but everytime I get time it always rains. Well that's enough belly aching. Hey, at least it's not snow.
Friday, March 4, 2011
New girl on the block
Thursday, March 3, 2011
My honey do deck
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Glad to be back, with bunnies
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