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family resolutions, farm resolutions

Published by in faith, family, farm on January 11th, 2012

  we got rid of our television before christmas. well, okay – we have a television in our basement but it’s only hooked up to netflix and the boys’ video games. our rule is weekend-only videos/video games, and even the weekend time is limited. i have issues with artificial entertainment, and i’m one of those prudes

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the daisy and violet scarf

daisy, our blue-faced leicester (white) and violet, our romney sheep (brown) have been shorn twice. last spring, my mom had their fleeces sent to a local fiber artist to clean and spin. after waiting 8 months, we finally received the spun wool! mom gave me a skein of each, so i decided to make a

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farm update

the lambs are growing so fast…as they always do. i am finding it harder to catch and lift them like it was so easy to do those first few days. in a few short weeks (even less!), i will no longer be able to lift them up and feel their soft little noses. they will

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weekly wrap-up: the lambing season

Published by in farm, homeschooling on April 8th, 2011

I can’t remember Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. Monday is always Classical Conversations and piano lessons, so I know those were done. Tuesday and Wednesday were marked off in my planner as “done,” so I know those were done. But then Thursday happened. I woke at 6:00, as usual. The day was starting off to

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obligatory monthly farm pictures

Published by in farm on February 8th, 2011

the sheep love to eat, especially when it’s cold. they need as much energy as possible keep warm. yes, that wool keeps them warm, and even the donkey, without the wool, stays warm in the bitter temps. but it helps to stay warm when you’ve had a good amount of hay and water! the animals

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Hay and Straw

Published by in farm on February 1st, 2011

Yesterday, Kenny and I worked together to stash away our second delivery of hay in the barn (okay, he did all the work, I was merely the hay loft organizer). Hopefully these bales will last us well into spring, so the pasture has time to get thick and juicy for the summer months of grazing.

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the chicken who thought she was a sheep

do you remember this picture? well…we think that one or two of our chicks believe that violet is “mom.” there are one or two chicks who refuse to go into the to coop at night and instead hang out with violet grazing. we believe that she roosts in the barn, near violet. this picture was

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homesteading year 4, part 1: expectations

for the first year living up here, we did nothing except try to plant a garden (didn’t happen) and had a baby (adam!). that was a lot for us, so we took it easy the fall and winter of our first year. but plans started picking up the following spring and we dove head-first into

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7 quick takes

Published by in family, family fun, farm on August 6th, 2010

1. my “little” brother is in town. he spoke at a conference in TheBigCity and now he’s spending a few days up here in the boondocks. Rowan, Sawyer and Adam are monopolozing his time by climbing on his shoulders, coloring him pictures and cards, and planning out his entire schedule. Yesterday, they took him to

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violet the woolie finds her life-purpose

Published by in farm on July 2nd, 2010

i think her maternal instincts have gotten the best of her.

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