Yep, we have baby goats. Rose had 3 kids last Friday, as usual with no problems. She is a remarkable goat, such an attentive mother and all around a joy to watch. Funny, as when we first got her she was routinely referred to as the little PITA, since she was always escaping her pen […]
Pretty Pictures
Here are some pictures I took the other day, when the sun was out and things were blooming. Below is a new arbor/entrance to the Shire Garden. We reused the original arched gate that has been here for years. Here are some of the blooms from the garden. Lots of pictures of the fruit trees […]
Fresh veggies, finally!
As many of you that live here in the Pacific Northwest already know, it has been a cooler summer than in the last few years and everything has taken longer to mature. In addition, this year the deer completely demolished more than half of our tomatoes and peppers shortly after we transplanted them into the […]
Spring has sprung
The 2018 Salt Creek Acres Garden.
Last year the garden was planted and then ignored. Cancer happens and every thing else goes on a back burner. This year we are trying a different method of gardening. We decided to put down garden fabric to control the weeds. We have a ton of lovely compost and thought it was time to use […]
Another fencing project.
We have an area we call the Shire. It is a garden/orchard area, it is really quite pretty with a small ornamental pond, lots of shade, flowering plants and trees, and of course apple trees. We also have some plums, pears and a wonderful cherry tree. We finally replaced the old picket fence that used […]
August Happenings on the Farm
Yes, I’m writing a post on the Solar Eclipse day. We are pretty excited to live within the path of totality. All we have to do is walk out the door, put our glasses on, view it and then walk back into the house. I’m old enough to remember the one back in Feb. of […]
Does it Feel Like Spring?
No, really. Does it feel like Spring where you are? It doesn’t from where I sit. In case you haven’t heard, this has been a bad Fall and Winter for Oregon. So much so, I’ve entertained the thought of moving back to southern California. Let’s start off with October. McMinnville and Salem both set records […]
How Does Our Garden Grow 2016 Edition
It is time for the annual “How Does Our Garden Grow” report for 2016 First of all, we are trying to “define” the garden area. One of the things we did this year was to move the boys columnar apple trees to either side of the entrance to the garden. We’ve had these trees for […]
Homemade Seed Starting Rack
It’s that time of year again. The time of year we gardeners love. Choosing the seeds you want to grow in this year’s garden. I am so excited because Michael’s latest project was building a homemade seed starting rack. Bryn, our neighbor in our previous house, gave us her seed starting grow rack years […]
2015 Farm Production Report
A happy Monday to you. Isn’t it nice to see blue sky and green plants. Almost makes you feel warm even though it is January. Almost. I thought you might be interested in knowing what Salt Creek Acres grew/produced over the last twelve months. I guess I should clarify. The only things that have been […]
Motivation
Motivation is a good thing. Being former city folk, we are not used to being SO busy on the weekends. If we were busy it was usually going somewhere to do something fun as a family. On Thursday Michael put together his weekend to-do list. The boys and I sat in rapt attention. What were […]