Farmyard Photos~Spring

Spring is most definitely here everyone! With lambs being born, starts up, and the snow almost gone, I can take a deep breath and know fully that summer is on it's way. Little Dolce Basil starts Eva, our Maremma sheepdog. Yes..that is a spruce branch stuck in her fur. 🙂 We like to say that…

~Farmyard Surprise~

A recent and surprising addition has been made to my family's farm this past week. My dad found him toddling among the mud puddles and patches of snow, covered in afterbirth. It was an Icelandic ram lamb and he had been born in the outside pen....not in the lambing pen. One of our ewes gave…

THE FASCINATING FACTS OF HONEY BEES

THE FASCINATING FACTS OF HONEY BEES Did you know that Honey bees are the only insect that produce food eaten by man? Or that honey is the only food that contains all the substances to sustain life? And that it takes a bee 1,000 flowers to make a spoonful of honey? A lot of people…

Hatching Kahki Campbell Ducklings

I received 6 Khaki Campbell ducklings for my birthday last year and they have grown into full size adults. The hens have been laying so well. I get 3-4 eggs nearly everyday. Their eggs are best in baking. I made my best cake, cream puffs, and pudding when I used these duck eggs. Mmmm..mmm. So…