Pictures of the farm and news from the children

Here is our young farmer socializing pigs at a friend's farm. The pigs are being socialized so that on open barn days, they will be friendly with the children that visit. Michael says she is socializing WITH the pigs. "How about giving me some sugar!" Needless to say, this little one followed her around after that. Look at the cutie in the back waiting in line for the next kiss.

Today Brandi had to go on an Easter Egg Hunt... again. One of the downfalls of free ranging chickens. We're holding a few eggs back from the fridge to give back to Hope once we get enough in the hopes that she will go broody. If we can convince her to behave, we may try to let her raise some of our chicks.


Good news, George is going to be a Daddy! This is our one year old Muscovy duck, George. Martha isn't coming out of the duck house as she's setting on about four eggs right now. She may have laid more since we checked. She's a bit flighty, so we're not going to push it by checking on her frequently. We don't want her abandoning the nest.



Here is our pretty girl Samara. She's a livestock guardian dog, an Anatolian Shepherd. She's 4 months old now and 50 pounds already. We got her from a very nice, kind woman in Georgia who traded us for finishing off her barn. She's guarding the "livestock" here - the chicks and turkey poults.

Oh, watch out! Don't want to get on the other side of that maw. Samara is a bit more vocal than our rottweilers. OK, a LOT more vocal. But we love her, and she's learning quickly to become part of our pack.









Here's one of Tyler's ladies taking some nectar from my herb garden. Sure do hope sage blossom honey is tasty, because the way they work those flowers, that may be the predominant flavor.