Saturday Farm Photos: In the Circle of Hay

This is all that's left of last year's hay.

And this is the hayfield. . .

Friday Dose of Cute: Thanksgiving, The Morning After

Holidays Are Exhausting

Want to get to know our big white dogs better?
Marta Baby Pictures
7/27/08: Siesta Time
10/26/08: Mostly Marta
10/28/08: Just Doing Her Job
11/6/08: Maybe Marta
1/24/09: Keeping the Food Supply Safe
2/1/09: Moping Marta
2/4/09: Three Dog Sight
2/7/09: Being Watched
3/4/09: Food as Furniture

1/27/09: Losing Lambs and Lottie (and Acquiring Daisy)
1/28/09: Snowed In! (scroll down to see Daisy)
2/5/09: Daisy Off Duty
2/9/09: When Sleeping and Eating Schedules Collide
3/19/09: Nap Time
3/23/09: Bear Hug
4/18/09: A Girl's Gotta Sleep Sometime
4/29/09: Standing Tall and Smiling Wide
6/11/09: Breakfast Company
7/4/09: The Dog Days of Haying Season
8/20/09: Work All Night. . .
9/28/09: Tails in Tandem

© Copyright 2009 FarmgirlFare.com, the staying home today foodie farm blog where there's no need to go out and fight the crazed holiday shopping crowds (not that we actually have crowds out here—crazed or otherwise) because all my hunky farmguy really wants for Christmas is to finally get this very dead tractor fixed. Though if Santa showed up hauling a nice big load of firewood for us, that'd be quite appreciated, too.

Sunday Dose of Cute: Vision Problems

Seeing Spots




And Double!

You Can Clearly See We're Surrounded by Wildlife:
10/17/06: Garden Life
11/6/07: Hayfield Grazing Rights
2/2/08: The Return of Chucky!
4/27/08: Wild Kingdom—A Big Sunday Feast & A Mysterious Little Owl
5/25/08: Bunnies in the Barnyard
6/4/08: Baby Bunny for Breakfast? Not Today, Thank You
8/15/08: Trying to Blend by the Barn
3/17/09: Backyard Beauty

© Copyright 2009 FarmgirlFare.com, the no need for The Nature Channel foodie farm blog where even the extremely frustrated, doesn't like to share her harvest gardener in me (the one who thinks deer look best on a dinner plate) loves to watch these adorable twin fawns running and romping around in the hayfield.

Farm Photos 7/1/09: A Day in the Hay

After two very long days, the first cutting of hay has finally been mowed, teddered (aka fluffed up), raked into windrows, and is ready to be baled.

Lots more photos below. . .

Saturday Farm Photos: One Hot Guy

In hay cutting hell.








© FarmgirlFare.com, the still feels like August foodie farm blog (this is Day 11 of unrelenting temps in the upper 90s and heat indexes up to 108) where it just took three people, three tractors, and ten hot and sweaty hours to do a one person, one tractor, two hour hay mowing job—and we've only just begun all this.

But despite the heat, we've still got to eat, and a fabulous farm dinner of homegrown grilled lamb leg steaks, the first green beans from the garden, just dug new red potatoes (which were unbelievably good), a hunk of homemade baguette from the freezer, and freshly baked chocolate chip raisin cookies (a bribe for the cookie loving neighbor who lent us the antique tractor above—which bears a striking resemblance to our own big tractor, except that his isn't dead) almost makes it all worthwhile.

And as Joe's mom said to him a few minutes ago on the phone as he was recounting the day, "Oh, but you love what you do, and you love who you're doing it with." "Guilty on both counts, Mom," he replied. How cute is that? But we'll still both be extremely glad when haying season is once again over!

Tuesday Farm Photos: Backyard Beauty

Ravenous, Brazen Beauty



That's Fortunately Still (Mostly) Afraid of Barking Dogs

Highlights from a year ago:
3/2/08: How Do Donkeys Order Lunch?
3/4/08: Auntie Rose
3/5/08: Seasonal Eating
3/6/08: Do Chickens Ever Smile?
3/12/08: Cary Babies?
3/13/08: Cary, No Baby
3/17/08: Hey Baby!

Two years ago:
3/5/07: Zelda and Her Twins, Age Two Hours
3/8/07: Doll Face and Her Baby Boy Bonding in Their Bonding Suite
3/9/07: Moving Zelda and Her Twins By Myself
3/15/07: Gang Activity
3/16/07: The Definition of Relaxed

Three years ago:
3/1/06: I'll Spring to Life If There's Trouble
3/2/06: A Brief Distraction from All the Cuteness
3/3/06: Skinny Chip Checks Out One of the Little Attention Grabbers
3/4/06: Farm Boss Patchy Cat Keeps an Eye on Everything
3/5/06: You Can Add Babysitting to Bear's Job Description
3/8/06: Another Farmyard Still Life
3/8/06: Counting Sheep, Not Getting Much Sleep
3/10/06: Life When You're 12 Hours Old
3/10/06: Fleeting Heart
3/13/06: I'm Gonna Need More Than Spun Gold for Breakfast
3/14/06: A Whole New Way to Start the Day (thanks to Dan's Friends)
3/17/06: Same Scene, New View for St. Patrick's Day

And out of the kitchen and garden came:
3/12/06: The Great Compost Cover Up
3/10/08: Broccoli Onion Garbanzo Bean Soup & Recharging Your Dead Batteries (Because Setting Them on Fire Isn't an Option)
3/1/08: Onion & Herb Crusted Lamb Spareribs and Grilled Lamb Steaks

© Copyright 2009 FarmgirlFare.com, the quickly greening up foodie farm blog (another heatwave!) where the white-tailed deer don't need a St. Patrick's Day excuse to munch on their favorite color in the hayfield—which happens to be off limits after March 1st so the grass can grow, but only the domesticated animals pay attention to this rule (and only because we fence them out). But I'd rather have the deer in the hayfield than in the garden!

Monday Farm Photo: Rise & Shine

It's A Beautiful Day!

Want to see more of the same?
7/31/05: Homemade Swing
9/13/05: You Can't Fence Out a Sunrise
9/23/05: Swing Shot
10/26/05: Why We Cut Firewood
11/12/05: Same Scene, New View
12/8/05: Same Scene, New Snowy View
11/23/06: Thankful To Call This Place Home
9/18/07: A Peaceful Slice of Life
7/26/08: Morning Commute
8/17/08: Quiet for Breakfast

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where the crazy heat wave that gave us days in the 70s last week has frozen, and it finally feels like November! The wood heat seeps into our bones while a big pot of homemade chicken stock simmers its way to flavorful goodness on the stove, sending thoughts of steaming bowls of creamy artichoke soup wafting through the house. Oh yes, November.

Wednesday Farm Photo:Somewhere Under the Rainbow

Just When I Thought My Favorite View Couldn't Get Anymore Colorful

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where there probably wasn't a pot of gold under the rainbow that popped out for just a few minutes after an unexpected little rain shower the other day, but we didn't care because our emotional bank account was overflowing with beautiful, peaceful (and pleasantly cool!) scenery.

Sunday Farm Photo: Little Beagle, Large Backyard

Robin in the Hayfield

Want to see more pup pics?
Robin
Lucky Buddy Bear (Stockdog Extraordinaire)
Fluffy White Livestock Guardian Puppies

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where, at nearly 12 years old, Robin's daily inspection routes around the farm are a lot shorter than they used to be (and her time spent in the house impossibly curled up in a cozy cat bed is a lot longer than it used to be), but our little beagle baby still gets around—when she's not busy keeping those crazy donkeys a safe distance from The Shack and her yard, that is. (Robin hates donkeys. Hates them even more than cows, and she hates cows a lot.)

Sunday Farm Photo: Quiet for Breakfast

There's That Tranquil Morning Mist

Want to see more misty mornings?
7/6/05: Misty Morning Sunrise
8/3/05: Breakfast Under The Mist
8/10/05: View Through The Dew
8/26/05: These Misty Summer Mornings Feel So Peaceful
9/25/05: I Can't Resist These Pink Sunrises
10/11/05: Sheep Into The Mist
11/22/05: From Out Of The Fog, A Little Beagle Dog
11/26/05: October & November Same Scene, New View
2/19/06: Five Seasonal Views of the Haybarn
3/12/06: Misty Morning Rose Lamb
5/13/06: Morning Mist Rising off the Wet Weather Creek
5/25/06: Donkey In The Mist
5/29/06: Sun Hits Morning Mist
8/16/06: Misty Morning Peace - Stop & Breathe It In
11/23/06: Thankful To Call This Place Home
1/1/07: Two Trees Dancing Under The Morning Mist
12/13/07: Slow Traffic Ahead
12/14/07: Good Next Door Neighbors
4/8/08: A Fresh New Day

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winng blog where we always enjoy the morning mist (especially in summer since the moisture saves the fields when the rainstorms continually go around us), but the photos are deceiving — everything looks so crisp and cool, but actually it's hot and muggy. It is, however, as quiet as it looks. Unless Cary is complaining about something. Or the rooster is crowing ('cause they don't just do it at dawn). Or Bear and Robin are barking. Or one of the hens is laying an egg. Or, god forbid, Donkey Doodle Dandy is upset. Okay, so maybe it's not so quiet around here after all. But at least this is the kind of noise we don't mind hearing!

Saturday Farm Photo: Morning Commute

One of the Mini Flocks Heading out for Breakfast in the Hayfield

Want to see more?
Hayfield Photos
Haying Season Photos
Farm Landscape Photos
Same Scene, New View Photos
Homemade Swing Photos
Sheep Photos

© Copyright 2008 FarmgirlFare.com, the award-winning blog where that small black speck on the right side of the photo is Lucky Buddy Bear doing a little morning surveillance.

Weekend Dog Blogging: #15

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Attention Dog Lovers! It's time for Weekend Dog Blogging!
To see more fun dog photos and discover yummy new food blogs, head over to Sweetnicks on Sunday night for the complete roundup. We'd love to have you join us. Just post your pup and e-mail the permalink to Sweetnicks.

Pining for more puppy pics? Check out the weekly Carnival Of The Dogs at Mickey's Musings. And at The Friday Ark you'll find dozens of links to every kind of critter imaginable.

Daily Farm Photo: 10/1/05

I Wonder If Anyone Has Noticed I'm Gone

Have you Named That Sheep yet?