Sunday, September 9, 2012

Busy Life On the Farm

It's been some time since I've paid attention to this poor little blog. Life has been busy. I'm looking forward to a quieter year in the future. For now though, I thought I'd post a few photos.  Here is my mega-garden. When I set out to grow a garden this year I intended for it to be much smaller but we quickly ran out of space. Dad offered to roto-till the back field with the spring tooth which he attached to the back of the pick-up. Unfortunately he couldn't turn the truck around in a small space so he was forced to till an area much larger than we thought we needed. It only took me a matter of days to decide I could plant the whole thing. I even dared to call it a small garden once the plants were in place....after all I did run out of room before I ran out of plants. Just for perspective, those fence posts are approximately 10 feet apart.
We did eventually grow weeds for those of you who are wondering. :)

Of course we can't have a blog about the farm without photos of the animals.
Curious goats Pansy and Checkers.

Isn't Flavia the cat SO ADORABLE! We call it taco cat. :)

And Bina(pronounced Bee-nah) the bad, it's an old photo but...she hasn't changed.

Next on to the project of the year. Root Cellar! Yay! I'll line up a few photos of the process but we are not finished yet so I'll post the finished project when it's done. Enjoy!

Day 1 Dug the hole.
Day 2 Laid a footing
Day 3 Started the walls.
Day 4 Decided we needed a porch.
Day 5 Getting closer.
Day 6... I'll keep y'all posted, we've got to get this done before winter hits. 

Sunday, January 15, 2012

When is it going to snow?

When you walk out our front door this is what you see to the left.
and this is to the right.
It has been a very snow-less winter and rain-less for that matter.
But if you turn the corner and head to the back of the house...what is THAT!? It can't be snow...can it? :)
Fake snow?
Yes, even when I'm 50 I'll still sled...unless I break a leg.
Weeee!
The pile is not big enough yet, let it snow, let it snow...testing for the correct temperature.
Snow angels...oooh that was cold AND wet!
6 feet high and growing!