Some of you who have livestock, know that they need salt in their diets to stay healthy. Sheep can get their salt intake from salt blocks or salt that's poured onto flat surfaces for them to lick when they need it. This brings me to yesterday when I called my mom to tell her something funny that . . .
Here a ewe, there a ewe, everywhere a ewe, ewe!
With having ties to sheep, ha, my family volunteers every October (thinking this is year 6?) at the Trailing of the Sheep Festival held in Ketchum and Hailey Idaho. My sister has been in charge of the parade the past two years. Wrangling humans, horses pulling wagons and wooly critters, takes some . . .
Tramp stamp from painting a barn
Last fall, Mister built a barn for our donkeys, Dottie & Bill. Our goats, Jack, Ethel & Lucy, already had a goat shed but inside the shed, it's only the height of Little Man, so in no way would our donkey couple be able to find respite from the elements in there. At the completion of the . . .
Well, it appears the brushing will have to wait.
The other day, I bought three brushes for our donkeys, Dottie and Bill, so we can help them expedite the winter coat shedding process. Three brushes, you might ask? That's to keep peace, with one brush for each child. When you teach very young people for 15 years, you learn tricks, important tricks . . .
A fort for both kinds of kids
Since Mister doesn't have enough to keep him busy at home with our pasture, garden, fruit trees and having recently built a barn for the goats and donkeys, he decided that the kids needed a fort in an area of the kids' choosing. That turned out to be the pasture. Besides being half Hungarian, I . . .
Hmm . . . to the store first or to help trail sheep?
Have you ever been heading out to run errands, being uncertain about which errand will be checked off the list first? This morning, when Little Man and I were leaving the house I had decided that we needed to go to the grocery store and didn't have time to stop and see a family friend trail his . . .
Spring Piglets
Our newest homestead sweeties have arrived! We were beyond excited to welcome our three newest piglets. Do you know how to welcome new little piglets to your homestead? Do you know what they need? Well, read on to hear about our experiences and what we've learned. Hard Farm Lessons Two years ago, . . .
A storm’s a comin’! Or so we’ve been told.
A year ago today, I took the above photo of Little Red and Little Lady. They were playing what they've dubbed "long ago" or as the rest of us may be familiar with, Little House on the Prairie. It was hard to believe that they were able to be outside playing like this without a trace of snow . . .