by Andi | Jun 8, 2014 | animals, chickens, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas
As we crested the hill, I saw them – the tumbling layers of the Blue Ridge – smoky indigo against the pink sky of the setting sun. Home. We had spent the day with good friends at a barbecue and then at the Relay For Life, where my dad had formed a team to... 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 | May 4, 2014 | chickens, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Workshop
The chickens have begun to use the roosts – not gracefully, mind you – but they are using them. Yesterday, I had to rescue Daffy when she got too high and didn’t know how to get down – good night, that girl can squawk. Today, she got herself...