Michael took some time off during the Christmas Season. Did he rest and relax? Nope. He made some wonderful upgrades to the barn. He is such a type A. Usually I’m a type A as well, but having to deal with a lengthy recovery from surgery my type A has been forced to rest. Thank goodness […]
A Young Visitor
At first I thought it was our goat Brown Sugar who was wandering above the pond by the deck. As I got a better look, I realized that Brown Sugar is a lot wider than this animal. No, I’m not being mean to say Brown Sugar is wide. She is due on 1/10 so she […]
Birds Eating…..and Being Eaten
This morning another “first” occurred for the occupants of Salt Creek Acres. I was browning some cut up chuck roasts for a soup I’m making for dinner and I looked out of the front kitchen window to see a hawk under the front of Michael’s truck. We rarely see Red Tail Hawks doing anything other […]
Video of Bucklings
It is a gorgeous Sunday here on the farm so I thought I would toss out a cute video of baby bucklings. This was taken a couple days after they were born. On Tuesday, the three multicolored ones will be three weeks old, and the two black ones will be three weeks on Saturday. Have […]
Mouse Finally Kids
Mouse’s due date was March 22. She didn’t have her babies on March 22. She did not have them on March 23, she did not have them here or there, she did not have them in a box, she did not have them with a fox….I digress. YEAH! She lost her ligaments on Friday morning. […]
Oreo, Bucklings, and Boys
When I last left you, we were on Thursday and a play date was scheduled. Michael would also be getting home that night. Joshua and Nicholas were a great help to me all week. As a matter of fact, the only reason the house was clean is because they cleaned it for me. A carpool […]
Baby Goats Just Keep Coming
It has been a really busy two weeks. I’m very behind on posting updates. We started on March 15 with Brown Sugar giving birth to THREE baby boys. Here are some pictures of them at four days old. (Remember, if you click on any picture it enlarges them) You don’t think I could only show […]
Ramblin Rose and Her Two Buds
Somewhere between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. on Saturday Ramblin Rose kidded. She had two beautiful bucklings. Here is one of them: What happened is, Michael told the boys they needed to take the first two hour shifts in the barn on Friday night/Saturday morning. Michael and Nicholas went out first and by 1:45 a.m. they […]
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 […]
Animals in the Morning
Every morning when we go out to open the barn we are greeted with the same routine. When I open the chicken coop, I’ve noticed the new rooster, a White Brahma we got from a friend, is always to last to rise and shine. He is always the last one on the roost. I understand, […]
Milk Theif
Halloween marked eight weeks since the two baby does had been separated from their moms. The night before Michael thought it was time to put them back together again. As you can see in the first picture, everyone was very curious about the two “new comers.” The babies immediately took high ground which allowed them […]
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 […]