adventure – Sourwood Hill

Fencing in the Rebels

This summer was crispy dry. And now we have been blessed with cool temps and buckets of rain. Among all the other wonders rain brings, mama moos tend to be encouraged to have their babies in a storm. Which proved to be the case lately.

A Shire Spring

Favorite book series, hands down, LotR. Always has been, and to prove it, my horse is 20 years old and named for a horse of Rohan. So when I tell you it’s a Shire type of Spring, I am confident in my proclamation. Winter was mild, sure. But since March the weather has been perfectContinue reading “A Shire Spring”

Chick Chicks on the Mayberry

Or was that the Mayflower? I was done with chickens. Really I was. Then there was the cutest chicken coop on Marketplace and, well, here we are. Added to the long list of things I don’t get to be in charge of any more is picking out chicken coops and deciding to buy them inContinue reading “Chick Chicks on the Mayberry”

How far is far enough?

We treat non-venomous snakes fairly well on the farm. If it is an exceptionally fine specimen, we may catch them and tell them how pretty they are and to go catch a mouse, but that’s really it. And thankfully we’ve only seen one venomous snake. This arrangement worked beautifully until we got chickens. Really, itContinue reading “How far is far enough?”