No, not Darla, the wild turkey by the fence in the rear. (Click on photo for larger image.) A year ago I had a post about a wild turkey wandering around the front yard, oblivious to the dogs — and vice versa. Well, fast forward a year and here we go again. And you can…

Alayne and I had taken the goats and their livestock guardian dogs out to pasture on Saturday morning. As we were driving away in the utility vehicle, I looked up and saw some beautiful apples hanging on a small tree I'd hardly noticed before. I stopped, got out, and reached up to pull an apple…

Whenever anyone sees our little Barred Rock hen Henny Penny lying like that on the ground, they ask, "What's wrong with your chicken?" My iPhone photo isn't great, but you can tell she's flat out on her side with her legs at awkward angles, almost like she got run over. (Click on photo for larger…

After a frustrating, difficult spring and summer, we're finally able to start harvesting the crops which survived the drenching rains and saturated soils we experienced in June and July. The first planting of our winter squash, nearly 200 plants in all, nicely hilled up in anticipation of a rainy summer, had to be replanted. But…

In light of the Labor Day holiday, we're going to take a blogging break and will resume posting the week of September 9. See you then!

Alayne and I had gone out to bring the goats in from browsing the other evening, and noticed as we walked up to the gate that two of the young males were having a grand time sorting out who was top dog … um, top goat. This was just pure fun. Both boys have been…

On Saturday, when we turned the horses out, they immediately realized that the first apples of the season had fallen off the apple tree that hangs over the corner of the two paddocks. They put their muzzles to the ground and began scooping up the apples. Alayne and I stood there for a while, munching…

  Alayne and I set up a new goat paddock over the weekend, fencing in about 3 acres of lush New Hampshire vegetation using portable electric fencing. On Monday morning, we turned the goat herd loose, and I had the video camera ready to record the happy and eager munching.   This is our herd…

This one belongs in the ever-expanding "odd and awkward sleeping positions" file. That's Dexter, who has recently been sleeping more often like this with his head turned completely backwards. We can't figure out how that could possibly be comfortable, or how he doesn't wake up with his neck stiff as a board, but sleep like…

We're going to take a blog break this week in light of the holiday. We hope all of you have a wonderful Independence Day on July 4th, and to our friends up north, Happy Canada Day today!