Paper Wasp Nest, written 1 day ago, Paper Wasp Nest I've been watching them build their home out front in the lower limbs of the large maple tree by the stone dog house. I like wasps - at a respectful distance. They are some of the good guys in the battle against bad bugs. Wasps kill and eat things ...

At his insistence, we are offering the first breeding for..., written 1 month ago, At his insistence, we are offering the first breeding for your ranch to Pedro for FREE. We are starting our alpaca economic stimulus program and Pedro thought I said "stimulation" and insisted on free breed...

Oh, no, more Photoshop, written 1 day ago, The only thing exciting is the egg hunt and egg counts. Today there were a total of 9. 5 tan from the Silver Laced Wyandottes, 3 dark brown from the Marans and a weird olive colored egg that could have been an odd one from either a Maran or an Easter Egge...

Bonfire!, written 3 days ago, Last week was super busy. First we had to get all of the turkeys delivered that we processed for Thanksgiving. Then we had to find time to plan our own meal. We had 13 family members and friends drop in from California to Alabama to Georgia.? On Friday night we got to i...

Where farm decision-makers start their day.

Summer-Fall Photos 2008, written 3 weeks ago, Another Busy Summer and Fall with no time to post to the farm blog. So here is an update in photos of what we have been doing!

Here and there, written 1 day ago, Dad and the boys hauling chunks of concrete. Z took this picture of snow sliding down the roof of the calf hutch then re-freezing.

The Audacity of Love, written 1 week ago, That Hannah the sheep is in love with Rambo the sheep is no secret. Indeed, it’s obvious even to first-time volunteers as Hannah bolts from her stall each morning in search of her Romeo. If she finds him immediately, all is well. But if Rambo is out of sig...

A journal of two retired folks with a lifelong dream of being on a farm with animals

Cowboy Or Farmer?, written 1 day ago, If cowboys ride their horses off into the sunset, does that mean that farmers drive their tractors off into the sunrise? Actually, this is just how our kids get to the school bus stop on a frigid December morning. The cows needed fed, so the...

Thanksgiving Alone, written 6 days ago, This year, for the first time in many years, I didn't have to make a huge Thanksgiving feast. I have made many Thanksgiving dinners in their entirety since a very young age. So I am perfectly comfortable with it. Suddenly, unexpectedly, I was in a bit of a qua...

From the farm to the Farm, written 1 month ago, It is always fun to get together with camp folks in the off season, and this weekend, we went down t...

Adios Espana, written 2 days ago, Firstly thank you all for your kind comments and emails. It’s been a difficult few days – Scott’s Grandad is ill in hospital and after lots of telephone conversations to the UK we have made the decision to drive back to England to spend Christmas as a family....

Real Preaching, written 2 days ago, More and more stuff is put away for winter, was moving things inside today. Sure I’m later than normal but so is winter! All in all its going well. Day after day of very little feeding to the cows, saving more and more hay and silage for the rough part of winter...

This is the diary of an Australian family who escaped from the city, joined a farming community, and learned to love soil. Carbon Farming is about growing soil carbon, the first link in our food chain. The topsoil is where God's creation is taking place,

Thanksgiving, then making jerky from David's deer, written 2 days ago, We had a great “vacation.” David had Thursday, Friday, and the weekend off from school. Of course, Thursday, being Thanksgiving, I cooked, cooked, and baked. That’s MY vacation; doing all that baking and cooking, which I re...

Smarty Pants, written 17 hours ago, I have been told that homesteaders are a stupid bunch of people. Too simple in mind to do anything else. Oh, you haven't heard that? Try writing a homesteading article for an ezine that doesn't have a simple living theme, only the editor is really interested in it...

The tide of life, written 13 hours ago, I thought I'd finally have some time on my hands at the end of the season here, but as often happens event and circumstance are conspiring to keep me shrink-wrapped into a state of absorption. Dad is going in for gall-bladder surgery tomorrow. That came on su...

This and That, written 2 days ago,

This is a daily chronicle of the development of Three Girls Farm, Chesterland, OH. We are a small alpaca farm just starting out.