Landscaping and Update

We have slowly been updating the landscaping here. I love having flowers and have several nice raised beds now. Flower availability is limited this year so I will add flowers as the season goes on. Here are a few pics:

As soon as my phone quits being so slow I will add a few more photos and add another blog post.

Organization and Rough Day

Today just sucked. Our goat Oreo somehow managed to break part of his Scur off and was bleeding. So I called the vet in Exeter and called got some stop bleed powder from Blue Seal. It took 3 of us to wrangle Oreo in order to put the powder on him. I will check on him in the morning. The vet ended up calling me back and letting me know I did the right thing.  He also will take off Oreos other scur for a decent price once this Virus is done doing its thing. Once he takes on new home patients I will be able to have him come to the house.  I'm thankful for Dr. Alexander as this is the 2nd time he's advised me over the phone for my goats.

Yesterday we cleaned out the attic. We donated a lot of clothes to a couple in Bangor who have a ministry helping the homeless.  We donated a few blankets as well as a ton of clothes and shoes . We also gave my cousin some clothes for her boys.

My seeds are doing so so. I'm a little disappointed how many seeds aren't coming up. I have no clue what I'm doing wrong. Maybe some of the seeds were too old where I didn't garden last year.   I do have the following coming up: cilantro, thyme, sage tomatoes,  marigolds, onions, broccoli and African daisies. I have a lot of herbs that still haven't popped up. None of my cauliflower has shown yet.  I only have a few tomatoes coming up. Maybe 6 out of 30.

(These are some marigolds)

Hope everyone is healthy right now❤

Productive week

I'm happy to say a lot of organizational projects are completed already this week.
Our basement is completely organized

This is the boys playing in the middle of cleaning.

I've tried uploading the photo of the organized basement but it is not working.

Today we filled the garden and added 3 raised beds with leftover lumber we had. (Just in time for 6-12" of snow Thurs into Friday👎) 

Lights off

Today begins periods of time where the heat lamps are shut off so they adapt to normal temps.
The chicks are looking a little rough where they are getting their adult feathers. They look a little ragged and somewhat curly.

I cant believe how big the ducks and turkeys are. Gobble is growing a lot bigger than gravy so I'm wondering if I have a male and a female turkey. 2 of the ducks have paired off and the other duck we are calling the chicken whisperer. He makes sure they all behave.

We fill their water containers several times a day as the ducks really love trying to swim in their dish.

The goats are doing really well in their fenced in area. I'm thankful how deep the posts have to be in the ground as they like to rub up against them. When the ground is softer we are going to put a post in the ground for their scratching post and maybe attach some brushes to it so they can scratch till their heart is content. 

Later today I will post a little blurb about the seeds I'm starting. Better late than never I guess!!

Enjoy your morning.

Slowly but surely, a little stir crazy

I must admit I am going a little stir crazy. I miss visiting people. I love my family but it's not the same without friends nearby. I want to go visit my parents and Grammie but at least with technology we are able to keep in touch with one another.

Yesterday was a lazy day after being  so busy on Saturday. The barn looks amazing and the goats seem happier with the side finished and being able to go outside whenever they feel like it.

Most of the guys have gone to the hubs work to sanitize it. I know they are all beginning to feel a little stir crazy as well.

We made beef stew for supper tonight as it has been snowing all day. Yes you read that right SNOW. Yuck!!

I'm curled up with a blanket reading some 1940's - 1960's Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife. I am enjoying all the ads in them as well as the articles. They magazines cost $.05 -$.20. I will be sure to post some of my favorite articles as I read them.

Today we cleaned the ferret cage and the brooder. We need to get a rubber mat inside the brooder as the ducks like to fling the water out of their dish and it soaks down into the wood.

I'm hoping to sew some reusable shopping bags tonight out of feed bags then relax for the rest of the evening.

Warm weather

Today the temp reached 48 and was sunny. A lot of the snow we had this week has melted.

Cecilia and Oreo love their fencing. Sometimes when we look out the kitchen window or back door Oreo is standing against the fence watching cars drive by. He actually played on the tires we stacked into his fenced in area and knocked the board down. We also have a ball in there for them.

The ducklings are getting so big already. I noticed all of the birds are getting their wing feathers.  Some of them will come to whatever side of the brooder I'm on to talk to them.

Gobble and Gravy like to try and peck at my rings. Here are some pics I took of them today.

How cute are they??

Fun Reads

I have a little treasure that I will end up sharing with some of the women I've met online in a Vintage Housewife group. I love reading anything about prairie life as the west was settled through books about life through the 50's.
Here is a photo of my little treasure:

These are 4 journals from 1945, 1954, 1957 and 1972 by a woman who farmed in Ohio. It is a record of the weather/temperature each day, who she visited or went to see her. A couple people she has mentioned that have passed away you can read a little about them online. (Kinda creepy I know, yet it really fascinates me)

I know some of my family journal and hopefully someday I am able to read them just as a different perspective on life and how life was lived.

Grammie mentioned to me when she first got married the houses they lived in didnt have indoor plumbing. She has also stayed in places that used gas lights instead of electricity.

I must admit I am one who likes seeing how people live off grid but dont know if I could live without some modern conveniences. I could do solar/wind power but would not be able to have no internet.

With the Covid-19 restrictions I am cooking more again and tomorrow will be baking. I enjoy my routine but still feel a little stressed with normal routines broken. I'm making the best out of life as it is right now and am going to cuddle with all 3 dogs and read.


P.s. Oreo and Cecilia were not thrilled with the 7 inches of snow we got overnight. The only came out of the barn a few times today.