Well, fall is officially here, but, boy is the weather keeping us on our toes! It's going to be a scramble to get set up and the...

Well, the trees are fully in leaf since about 10 days ago when the black walnuts finally unfurled their leaves. The garden is about 1/4...

Spring is rapidly drawing to a close. We have passed our final frost (possible) date last weekend having gotten a two week head start on...

It was 41 degrees when I got up yesterday, by the time we got home from church it was 56 degrees and pretty chilly with a brisk wind, by...

It is the time of year when my laying hens molt out their old feathers. The hen above, Hannah Abbott, usually is a full feathered poofy...

November is just a mud puddle away now and summer a swiftly fading memory. When I open the door in the predawn there are no crickets,...

I wish I could multiply myself (though honestly, what mom hasn't?) in spring and fall in particularly. There are just so many jobs that...

We had given up on Tasha, she is one of AGH gilts and we had put her in with a boar in the hopes of a fall litter of piglets, but they...

It is tough to say but there are times we need a break. No farm can survive without the life giving blessing of rain. Here in NW PA we...

The intensity of the heat these last few weeks is only matched by the intensity of the schedule. Here in Northwestern PA it has been a...

I want to share with you all that exciting things happening on the farm but alas the season has overtaken me in a big way. Last week, at...

I have installed my last remaining bantam hen, Creamy in the wooden brooder in the barn. It is safe space for her and her chicks for the...

So I did find Mr. T the rooster but not in the way I had hoped. He was eaten by a raccoon. Likely the same raccoon that ate our other...

Once again Mr. T is missing :( We do not need bantam chickens but they are my family's favorite form of outdoor entertainment and I miss...

I am in the process of re-organizing my strawberry patch. It was planted in a flurry of spring work two years ago, in the rain and snow...

I do love walking the dogs in the snow, which is good because I've gotten to do that a lot this year, including the six inches that fell...

It was a very pleasant surprise Saturday Morning when I went out to feed the horses opened the barn and looked up into the beams to say...

After dodging the job and feeling so overwhelmed with butchering, I have finally got around to rendering lard. I tried a batch of the...

Warning this is NOT a short note you may want to sit down,get a cup of coffee or tea and put your feet up) The Lord is good and His...