Holes In My Jeans

Okay, so it's not beautiful, but it's functional, the boys love it and it will do the job that I intended.  Both Jake and Witty hav...

Today I started building a very small goat shed out of pallets.  If I don't sell my 2 little bucklings by the time they're 3 month...

Everyone loves playing dress up don't they?  I was going through my pictures today and came across quite a few of us dressed in unusual ...

Sorry Mom and Dad for the foul acronym but Polly has pissed me off 2 days in a row. This sweet little goat has turned into Satan after about...

Way down yonder in the paw paw patch. Remember that song? I never really thought about paw paws being a real fruit until we moved to VA an...

Do you think it's funny how I wouldn't want anyone to go through my underwear drawer but I'm perfectly willing to hang our under...

I spent many hours today removing tiny grapes, my neighbor calls them Fall grapes, from their vines. We picked almost 2 bushels of them but...

Today James and I put together a greenhouse kit. There was no way we could have put it together without using the directions. There were l...

One of my friends lost his son to suicide 2 days ago. I know I need to call him but I'm having the hardest time finding the nerve and t...

I'd been gathering an average of 6 to 8 eggs a day and kind of wondering why I hadn't been getting just a few more. Every now and t...

I always loved Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham. I don't think it mentioned goats in boats though. The goats got a new toy today, a b...

Today I made a quiche from our own eggs, milk, tomato and onion. I can't wait to taste it. Now I need to learn to make my own swiss ch...

One of Adam's friends, James H., is living with us for a little while until he gets back on his feet and saves some money. I thought it...

I've mentioned freecycle before but I'm going to mention it again because I think it's such a great idea. I'm sure it will ...

Adam begins classes at Radford U. tomorrow, his second year. He and I were laughing about how different this year feels than last year. Th...

is no fun. Poor Telly, Chaps, James and me. I don't know who it hurt more. Physically it hurt the goats, emotionally it hurt me and J...

Here are more videos of the babies. They bounce for a little while and then they sleep. I've tried to milk Polly 3 times. The first t...

What a great night. I thought Polly was in the early stages of labor yesterday morning so all day I was watching her. She looked so uncomf...

This is a picture of my breakfast. James picked watermelons and cantaloupes this morning. He needed a wheelbarrow to carry them back to th...

I started making my new batches of wine in the last 2 weeks, 16 gallons worth. All my wine is made from blackberries from our property and ...

Today James and I drove to Peaks of Otter and hiked Sharp Top Mountain. I had been there before with my women's hiking group but James ...

Today I made potato chips from our potatoes, 2 different varieties. They turned out pretty yummy but I wonder how they'll hold up, not ...

I love to look and listen to our rooster Puck. He crows almost all day long and he's beautiful. I've heard lots of stories about m...

I looked at the picture of me with my first egg and I groaned. Really? Is that what I look like? A friend and I were talking the other da...

Yesterday I finally finished cleaning the wheat James had planted and picked 3 years ago. I had previously cleaned 3 five gallon buckets an...

James plants so many tomatoes every year so he spends lots of time picking and canning them. Last year he canned about 76 quarts. We make ...

My good friend, Laura, also has chickens (she says they're her daughters and husbands but I think she likes them and doesn't want to...

How can a person get so excited about an egg? Silly, I know, but I've waited 21 weeks and one day for this. The egg is kind of small, ...

Well, I did it again, almost killed one of my pets. Not on purpose of course. Two days ago Witty and Jake got into the girls and chickens f...

Adam and his friends rarely go down to the river to fish for bass. Their whole reason to fish usually is to catch that darn muskie. Of cou...