They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
This post was accidentally sitting in my draft queue for the last three weeks. Here it is, the end of May. Look who decided it was time to sit on her nest. She's been laying eggs since the beginning of March, but not sitting on them. We stopped taking the eggs at the beginning of… Continue reading Bye Bye Geese
The geese are in full on nesting mode right now. The gander has gotten so aggressive he had to be fenced off from the ducks behind the electric netting. He'll even attack a human, unless you smack his bill with a stick. This is why. Mrs. Goose is laying eggs! It's make or break time… Continue reading You’re a mean one, Mr. Goose.
This post is out of date, by almost a week. Geese have grazed the wheat down to about 3 inches on average. Supposedly this is a good thing, and is supposed to encourage new root and tiller production and a thicker stand, as well as provide nitrogen for initial spring growth. We shall see. However,… Continue reading Geese and Ducks off the Garden
Tuesday we spent the whole day at the farm. It was a light school day, and we had people coming over to pick up their turkeys for Thanksgiving, so it made sense to make if a farm day. Rocking the cool farmer look. We checked on our ducks in the garden. They were still hiding… Continue reading Ducks in the Garden
Thursday, the Feast of the Assumption, was a very busy day. We slaughtered two ganders, two roosters (for stew meat), five older hens (also for stew meat) and 27 Cornish cross meat birds. The work started the night before with setting up the kill station. We learned from last year it is good to have… Continue reading Chicken Dinner
Baby girl is not at all afraid of the geese. As a result, they are afraid of her. She is not afraid because Mommy is watching over her.
They puff up and hiss through the fence,Their favorite form of defence.Thank your stars, Mama Goose,That the dog can't get loose,Or this rhyme would get way too intense! That's right. Our one remaining female goose has (apparently) choses a mate and is now trying to sit on a clutch of eggs. She does still seem… Continue reading Mother Goose
It has been a while since we have blogged here. We have a good reason, as usual. Also, as usual, it rhymes with "We were dizzy." Evie likes to take Winnie out into the pasture to throw corn to the chickens. It is a beautiful sight to watch, because the chickens all come flocking around… Continue reading What does the goose say?
This is one of the things we like about the Meishan pigs. They are super friendly. They can be a bit skittish, and don't like to stand still unless they are eating, and they get pretty nosey when they think you are bringing food, but they don't bite or nip, and they don't get aggressive.… Continue reading Friendly Piggies!
The real battle takes place in the mind... https://youtube.com/shorts/D3CtU0pyx4M?feature=share
Little Farm in the Big City 