This is what I was doing this morning after another winter storm dumped several inches of snow on us yesterday and last night. I thought it was a little rude of Mother Nature to welcome in spring like this. Most of our snow had melted, the days were getting longer and warmer, and in our…

Scamp is recovering nicely from his eye surgery, too, though his relationship with his cone is … well, let's say it's a great deal more troubled than Bentley's is with his cone. The ophthalmologist's team had noticed right after surgery that Scamp would need a much larger cone than you would think for a dog…

Alayne took these photos this afternoon as I was coming back from the hay barn with the daily load on the utility vehicle, a Kubota RTV we've had for several years. It's a tough little machine that can actually carry a half-ton — that's 1,000 pounds — in the bed of the vehicle, or as…

Whenever a big storm is headed towards New England, like this weekend's winter storm "Nemo," we don't worry much about losing power. That's because this place came equipped with a massive back-up generator we call "Big Red." It was one of those things that come when you buy a property and get as an additional…

We woke up one morning last week to a coating of ice on everything from a freezing rain just before dawn. I went out to the big barn, just 40 feet or so from the house, but found myself sliding down the iced-over pavement back towards the house. Time for … ash! Yes, for conditions…

Our terrific groomer, Lori Fillion, came out as scheduled on Friday to groom all ye little ones, including new arrival Scamp. What a difference some grooming can do! That's a photo above that I took this afternoon of him, still sporting his post-grooming bandana.  Here he is with Alayne and Lori on Friday: Followed up…

Melinda Jones, who writes a lifestyle blog called Super Much Love, emailed us over the holidays to say she was coming out with a line of innovative and beautifully designed note cards, Read Between The Lines, and would like to donate a portion of each sale to the Rolling Dog Farm. It seems Melinda's three-legged…

And now for something entirely different! This isn't a post about a new recipe I just found, although there are some very tasty chicken and squash recipes out there. No, this is about what we feed our chickens.  I've mentioned before that one of the many reasons for the move to the New Hampshire farm…

Bentley wasn't the only dog to arrive last week. Also on the van was this adorable fellow, Scamp, who came from the same rescue group in Louisiana who sent us Bentley. Scamp had been picked up as a stray by the animal control agency in Shreveport, and left unclaimed at the shelter.  A very nice…

This little guy arrived a couple of days ago — a very sweet Yorkie named Bentley. In late November he was scheduled to be euthanized in a Longview, Texas shelter when a rescue group in Shreveport, Louisiana, pulled him just before his date. The group, Becky's Bridge, has sent us a number of disabled dogs…