We have pupies

Maria had 5 puppies last night . oh they are so cute . they all have the dads face 2 have her tail short and stubby and all the rest have long tails . all are black except one has a black and brown face and the other is black and white and all the others are all black . very cute indeed . we have been working the last 2 days to get ready for the big blow (hurricane ) i do believe we are all buttoned down . LOLO will keep you posted .
robin

A new baby this morning ...

Emma had her little one sometime last night  and She is just beautiful. Shes so tiny . I named her "Molly-Rose" I will post some photos on Monday .
thanks for stopping bye
robin

Hi everyone

Hello everyone , yes I am still here . My truck is broke (needs a starter) so I am with out wheels at the moment . Emma is getting bigger every day and should have her baby kid shortly . Maria is also getting huge LOLO and is due at the end of the month. We have a new puppy she is some kind of a hound . Red in color with the coolest blue and brown eyes . Her name is Pickett or "Picky) We have been canning everything that is coming out of the garden . On everyone of hubby's break we can all day long . Who knew 2 people could eat so many tomatoes LOLOLO It is now officially Bucky season so all my big Bucky boys are just hooping and hallow'n and  geesh they stink LOLOL  I also found 2 of the prettiest little boy kittens at the dump  Its so sad that people feel the need to just dump them off and leave them . I have wanted some barn cats to control the mice . they are just the sweetest . photos to come soon .  We are doing OK at the moment . money if tighter now  the state has stopped all overtime . So there goes our extra cash . but any who. .....
thanks for stopping bye
robin

Thoughts of the day...

We have been busy working in the garden . We are now picking tomatoes daily and this week will be picking summer squash. We have watermelon's on the vine  growing everyday  and peppers on there way . I am very pleased within my garden this year. We are having some success finally . My silly goats are all doing well . Not liking the 100 degrees we have been having . When it does cool down they run around jumping and playing together . We have been working on getting there copper up . Our soil is very bad- pure clay. There are very few minerals in it . So we are trying to change that . Emma is getting ready to have her little one . Getting bigger everyday . All my little ones are growing up and doing well .  we all for now . thanks for stopping bye
robin

Sick goats and a request

My little boy goats have been having problems of late with loose poopies  and bloat . We have ruled out the Hay, water, to much feed . What I think it is ,is a bad weed . They free range out in the woods where the girls stay in the field . Would anyone know if a website or book that would have bad weeds for goats that also has Photo's? any help would be great .
thanks so much .
robin

some photo of the farm garden

We decided that the garden need to be redone . That the way it was the last 2 years wasn't working . Our soil is pure clay and every summer we go into drought condition, the weeds and the bugs just ruled. So i have been reading about how the french have all there garden raised in boxes . So we have raised beds now  4 large ones and 4 smaller ones . The soil in them is getting better  every year . they are easier to weed  and pick off the bugs . We are going to try to do some winter gardening in the long skinny ones this winter . I am very pleased so far as how it is growing .

We have been working on redoing the veggie garden . Our sun and heat is so hot out here that we provide shade for the pepper plants

This is our  orchard area . We have heirloom apple trees and blueberry bushes in here . I like the wildness of it . It has sunflowers, black eyed susan's, queen anne lace all growing in it . It is very pretty right now

Queen Anne lace

Black Eyed Susan's

Sunflower

Butterfly bush

This is the sunflower pasture . It is a pasture that we are working on for the goat durning the winter . IT has clover, sunflowers and alot of other good stuff for the soil. When the flowers are gone by we will re till it and plant orchard Grass

Our Tomatoes will be ready soon.

Update on Buddy

Buddy had to be put down this morning . He had 2 sides to him ,one very lovable  and the other very mean . He had issues with food right from the start so we were careful with him  but then Maria came into season . OH my God !!!! He was growling at anyone who got near her even if she was the one walking up to you . He bit Phoebe and Butter . Butter was so afraid she wouldn't go outside anymore . And then yesterday he came after me . So hubby put him down when he got home from work . I was so afraid that I walked around with a butcher knife all day till I could get Maria inside . The whole thing has made me so sad . But I also feel he is in a better place now and happy and playing his heart out .