by Andi | Mar 26, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats
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... by Andi | Mar 9, 2014 | chickens, Garden, Goats
From where I sit, I can see three umber-breasted robins helping to aerate our soil and eat the insects. (Here’s to hoping they love stink bugs.) Yesterday, the daffodil above peeked out her head by the giant maple in front of the farmhouse. . . . and as if he... by Andi | Feb 23, 2014 | chickens, Garden, Lodge
I keep trying to write something beautiful and poetic today, something that translates the melted snow into the hope of spring, but the truth is that this week has been a hard one on the farm for me. Reality – namely financial reality – has smacked me... by Andi | Feb 16, 2014 | animals, chickens, Goats, Lodge
Cabin fever finally set in just a bit more me last night, after four days confinement here in the house. Now, I think I’m finally ready for Spring and will be looking for the hillsides of daffodils to come up on the farm as soon as they’re ready. These... by Andi | Jan 12, 2014 | Barn, chickens
As the sun settled over the mountain tonight, Philip and I took all our paper up the hill to our latest burn pile and lit the sky with all that we save from the dump. We tossed in a few limbs and picked up a little further up and out on the trail. Each stick is one...