by Andi | May 26, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Meander
Today, I’m taking on boredom – not my own. What human has time to get bored on a farm? 🙂 Nope, today, I’m battling animal boredom. I’m setting up a little digging station for the chickens – think little ones with toy trucks and piles... by Andi | May 18, 2014 | animals, chickens, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Meander, Workshop
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life,... by Andi | May 11, 2014 | animals, chickens, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Meander
It was one of those “secure your own oxygen mask before assisting others” mornings. I heard the kids bleating before 6am, and while I knew they were fine – in shelter, with water and plenty of good – I knew I wasn’t going back to sleep .... by Andi | Apr 27, 2014 | animals, chickens, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas
Sunday morning sunshine feels different than any other light. It’s more robust, more golden, more open, somehow. And right now, the farm is fairly glowing with it. If I’d ever been to Ireland and stood overlooking a range of hills in the early morning,... by Andi | Apr 16, 2014 | animals, chickens, Goats, guineas
It’s cold here today. Really cold, and last night it was in the 20s. In anticipation of last night’s hard freeze, Philip and I spent an hour lowering the heat lamps in the brooder, and he humored me as I convinced myself that putting thin pieces of...