Six more photos below. . .
Showing posts with label Donkeyland 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donkeyland 2. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 24
Sunday, April 21
Sunday Dose of Cute: Greeters at the Entrance to Donkeyland
Got any treats?
More donkeys? Here.
© FarmgirlFare.com, the enter at your own risk foodie farm blog where the donkeys don't seem to have had any blog time since 2012. How can that be?! (This photo was taken back in March, and although the hillsides still don't look much greener yet, the pasture thankfully does.) Maybe we need to declare May as Official Donkey Blogging Month. Depends on how the donkeys feel about it I guess. Sometimes they just don't want to pose; even here you can see that Donkey Doodle Dandy is trying to remain anonymous.
Friday, August 10
Tail End of the Week: Get Your Friday Farm Fix #22
Welcome to the Friday Farm Fix, where I share a random sampling of what's been happening around the farm during the past week (mostly on Fridays). Just joining us? You'll find all the Friday Farm Fix posts here and here.
Not much to report this week, except to say that you all are the best. Thank you so much for your outpouring of kind words, encouraging thoughts, and heartfelt prayers after last week's Friday Farm Fix. Your e-mails and comments brought tears to my eyes. I can't begin to tell you how much your support means to us. Thank you.
We had a half inch of rain last Saturday, which was better than nothing. It's like Mother Nature keeps teasing us with just enough rain so that the fields don't completely die and we don't completely give up hope.
If it cools down and starts to rain on a regular basis, there's still a chance we might be able to cut at least a little hay in September (we have no hay for winter right now). But we need a lot more rain than we've been getting for the grass in the hayfield to green up and grow enough.
Yesterday I realized it had been nearly two weeks (!) since I'd seen the donkeys (I'm still spending a lot of time in bed), so this afternoon I tagged along with Joe on his daily treat run out to Donkeyland. Actually we drove and the dogs ran. Evie, who always loves to snuggle, seemed especially glad to see me. (Snuggling donkeys isn't in Joe's job description.)
On the way back to the house I said something about how depressing it is seeing the fields so burned up, and Joe said they actually look better than they did. Today, for the first time in I don't know how long, it was only in the 80s, with the humidity down and a nice big breeze. We turned off the a/c upstairs and opened all the windows. The temperature is headed right back up—it is August after all—but this little taste of relief felt heavenly.
Next summer I bet we'll be looking through these photos saying, "Wow, remember when there was nothing for the sheep and donkeys to eat last year? Look how tall and lush the grass in the fields is now." And then we'll stroll through the farmyard and admire the overflowing barn full of hay.
Hope.
14 more farm photos below. Hover over each image for a description. . .
Sunday, July 15
Wednesday, April 18
Wednesday Dose of Cute: Let's Roll
Donkeyland isn't so much a place as a state of mind (and donkeys), but the original Donkeyland is out in what we used to call the sand field (because of its sandy soil). Our seven donkeys spent the past winter in the big fenced front field (because they kept escaping from the badly fenced hayfield, which is where we wanted them to spend the winter), but on March 19th we decided that the grass had grown up enough for them to return to their beloved home base.
The first thing they did? Head straight to their favorite bare spot for a nice roll around in the dirt. First up was little Gnat. . .
More photos below. . .
Sunday, September 18
Monday, September 12
Monday Dose of Cute: Charging into the Week
Kicking up their hooves in Donkeyland
Love longears?
You can see lots more of Donkeyland here and here.
And The Daily Donkey is full of cute donkey pics.
And The Daily Donkey is full of cute donkey pics.
© FarmgirlFare.com, where our three donkey boys are doing well after their recent surgeries. Thanks for all your well wishes. Photos from the big day and an update should be up sometime this week.
Thursday, August 25
Thursday Dose of Cute: Farmgirl Fare on Facebook
Connect!
Are you on Facebook? Let's connect! I announce each new Farmgirl Fare and In My Kitchen Garden post on the Farmgirl Fare Facebook page, often with a chatty intro, so following along via Facebook is an easy way to keep up with what's happening here on the blog.
I also share timely links to seasonal recipes and gardening posts from the archives that I think you might find interesting and helpful.
It's been fun to hear from so many of you over on Facebook, and I really appreciate your spreading the word about Farmgirl Fare and In My Kitchen Garden (the offshoot blog where I sporadically write about my organic heirloom garden and greenhouse).
Thanks to all the current Facebook fans and welcome to the new ones!
Thanks to all the current Facebook fans and welcome to the new ones!
© FarmgirlFare.com, where Donkeyland has been so overrun with starving, treat-crazed sheep that the donkeys have to be fed in the safety of a impenetrable fortress (aka a temporary corral). Thank goodness the sheep are also friendly.
Wednesday, August 3
Friday, July 8
Friday Dose of Cute: The Daily Donkey Takes a Vacation
But I don't wanna leave Donkeyland (photo taken 3/22/11)
You brayed (and e-mailed), and we listened. More donkey pictures! you pleaded, and The Daily Donkey, which began back on February 6, quickly became one of the most popular features on Farmgirl Fare. Thanks so much for all your wonderful feedback and support during the past five months.
More below, plus The Daily Donkey 140. . .
Monday, June 27
Thursday, June 9
Thursday Late Night Dose of Cute: Crazy Ears
It's been a little buggy in Donkeyland.
The Daily Donkey 123: Dan Plays with Young Dinky in the Front Field
© FarmgirlFare.com, hoofing it out in the hayfield late into the evening. (That would be me and Joe, not the longears.) Goodnight! Zzzzzzzzz.
Sunday, May 29
Sunday Farm Photo: Once the Treat Trough is Empty. . .
Monday, May 9
Monday Farm Photo: At Least It Started Out Peaceful
This morning in Donkeyland
The Daily Donkey 93: Sometimes You Just Gotta Roll with It
© FarmgirlFare.com, glad to be finally heading toward bed—by way of the kitchen in the hopes of foraging something for dinner—after a very long, hot day both on and off the farm. Ah, sleep.
Monday, April 11
Monday Dose of Color and Cute: Donkeyland is Blooming
With redbuds. . .
And dogwoods (the hillsides are covered with them!)
The Daily Donkey 65: Little Gnat Today
© FarmgirlFare.com, where it isn't all about the baby lambs this time of year—just almost all.
Friday, March 25
Wednesday, March 16
Wednesday Dose of Cute: Donkey Boys Are Growing Up!
Gnat and Gus Today
Just meeting these little guys? You can see newborn photos of Gus here, and then get to know him better here. Newborn Gnat is here, and there are lots more photos of him here.
The Daily Donkey 39: Dan Stealing Cary's Treats
Monday, March 7
Monday Dose of Cute: Another Day. . .
Another donkey induced smile.
Heehaw! The Daily Donkey is a hit—and is actually appearing daily! Thirty days, thirty new donkey photos, all corralled behind The Daily Donkey navigation tab at the top of the page for your viewing pleasure. I also include a link to each new Daily Donkey at the bottom of that day's farm photo or dose of cute post. (If there are multiple farm or cute photos in a post, you'll have to click on the click here for the rest of this post link to reach The Daily Donkey link.)
Thanks for your enthusiastic response to this fun new feature. Now just cross your hooves I can keep up this posting pace. Goodness knows there's no shortage of donkey photos around here, with more being taken every day—like my new favorite above. These girls crack me up. And Esmeralda, the fourth donkette, was right there, too, captured in today's Daily Donkey.
The Daily Donkey 30: Esmeralda Looking for Treats
© FarmgirlFare.com, aka Longear Lover's Paradise, where cute faces are impossible to resist and organic carrots are purchased by the bushel.
Thursday, March 3
Thursday Farm Photo: Marching into Spring
The Daily Donkey 26: Dinky, Daphne, and Dolores Attacking the Snack Cart
© FarmgirlFare.com, the time flies way too fast foodie farm blog where those of us who are still tackling very long Winter To Do Lists aren't wishing this quickly disappearing season away (68 degrees today!), but the donkeys and sheep—neither of whom, as far as I know, ever make To Do Lists—are anxiously looking forward to trading homegrown hay for fresh spring grass.
And speaking of things to do, I'm way behind replying to e-mail and blog comments. Thanks for your patience!
Thursday, February 10
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