BABIES!!

Yesterday, 16 little ones arrived in a cardboard box.  Now, they and their guinea cousins are thriving in our pallet-made brooder inside the coop. Here’s just a little something for you to enjoy: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8urPK5FSJCM] We’re...

Guinea Keets In The House

When we pulled into Dunreath Farm, a gaggle of Chinese Crested geese greeted us.  (It amazes me how I knew they were Chinese Crested – my days on the board of a CSA tught me many lessons.  As we pulled around the house, we say ducks and then guineas in a pen. ...

The Grace and Mercy of This Farm

God’s mercy and inexhaustible fertility are such that much good came from what might have been an irredeemable mess.  — Kathleen Norris in The Quotidian Mysteries This morning, I reserved two puppies – a male and a female Great Pyrenees from two...

Hoping for Spring

Yesterday, we got a beautiful 6 inches of snow.  The air was thick with flakes for most of the day, and while I am – as is most of Virginia – ready for Spring, it’s hard not to revel in such soft loveliness. Today, the air is warming and already, the...

Philip’s Future Haven – A Workshop

Last night, we sat down and made a priority list of all the things we need to save money for on the farm.  The top priorities are, of course, the goats and Great Pyrenees. But our next priority is Philip’s shop. This man needs a space where he can work on cars....