Petite Rouge Heirloom Lettuce In The Garden There's nothing better than eating freshly picked food in season--except when you trick the...

Donkey Doodle Dandy Is Quite The Dainty Eater Dan is seen here enjoying an alfalfa pellet treat. For months he was forced to share his brea...

Ram! Bam! Look Out, Ma'am! What A Guy Many of you know that it can take a while to get a name around here. And when someone does finally...

Cary gazing across the field at her flock Don't know who Cary is? Meet her in A Tiny Tail for Mother's Day . Most mornings Cary...

Baby Cary Is Four Months Old Today! Yes, The Privileged Animal Is Still Allowed In The House A few things have changed, though. Now she kn...

Little Stinker I was walking from the barn up to the house after tucking in the sheep, looking at the ground as I walked, lost in my thought...

The Latest Addition to My Collection For several years, when I lived quite another life in northern California, I bought and sold and am...

As we surveyed the various fallen trees and tree limbs on our way back to the house after tucking in the sheep for the night, the conversati...

It's not exactly dignified, but it works. There's still a lot of storm damage to deal with around the farm, but we definitely made...

Where's my mommy? Once upon a time there was a beautiful lady sheep named Annette who gave birth to an itty bitty set of twins—one...

Free To Fly Away Another butterfly ? Well, yes, but this is a special butterfly. This is the butterfly I was telling Stephanie about earlie...

Sometimes I think I need a heart of stone to live here. One advantage to living on a farm in the middle of nowhere is that you can sit on...

(Thanks To A Little Help From Dan's Fans) Two Days Ago This Would Have Been Fine (Note: Read this first.) Breakfast used to be a no-non...

A Little Update Lambing Season Can Be Awfully Tiring. . . . . . For Everyone So here is what has been happening on the farm. On Sunday, ten-...

Dinky Donkey Doodle Dandy Greets Our Surprise Visitors

Are These Guys Gorgeous Or What? Talk about surprises. Look who came strutting down my driveway the other day. Bear and I had just finishe...

A Gorgeous End To A Lovely Day Last October, a friend and I decided to begin keeping gratitude journals. We also started e-mailing each othe...

Freshly Mulched Sweet Pepper & Lettuce Leaf Basil Seedlings How did those pioneer women do it? Apart from Calamity Jane (who I'm not...

Alison and newborn baby Beattie One of the most interesting aspects of farm life is that it is totally unpredictable. The sheer number o...