Hi! Welcome to my blog! My name is Jane (PlainJane) and I am the blessed and happy wife to Jeff and doubly blessed mama of two perfectly wonderful daughters. Please join me as I share our Lifestyle of Learning through Christian homeschooling and homesteading on our little hobby farm with our prairie girls.
Amber (Bookworm) is our dd15/10th grader.
Our perfectionist and over-achiever. She loves reading, playing violin, all things vintage, riding her Paint horse, and being a farm girl.
Anna (Ladybug)
is our dd12/7th grader.
Our "girls just want to have fun" girl. She loves to play and has a great sense of humor, but also enjoys cooking, music, and riding her QH pony.
First, a daily site! The chicks like this soft nest or use the goats as a step ladder to get even higher in the barn. Katherine (Kate), pictured, will just stand like a statue while Pepper, the chick is on her back - I think she thinks she is getting a message.
Grandpa (fil) came over this morning (Saturday) to deliver the hay. He is able to get some good-quality honest hay cheaper from one of his neighbors (you'd be surprised at some of the junk hay that some farmers will sneak in the middle of their stacks at auctions). We like to stock up early before the fall rush and when prices climb (they are already climbing) , especially during our drought-stricken year. We got two big truckloads - 200 bales at $2.60/bale (most pay $3-$3.50/bale). Grandpa was a little late, else we would have gotten it for $2/bale, but that is okay, we still got a deal. These 200 bales should last us about a year to feed our 2.5 horses & 3 goats - it depends on whether we keep our foal, Sundance. Of course, we still have to buy grain too, which I pick up about every 2-3 months at the feed co-op.
Praising God for His Provision!
Other sighting on the farm... the wild turnkeys have been very fruitful this year. We usually see them on other people's property, but this year they have made our field one of their favorite fast food joints. Yesterday's count - 33 of them - mostly babies (I will attempt to get a photo next time I see them, I'm just getting use to our new digital camara (mom gave it to us) and didn't know how to zoom in until now). We also need to dig up all our potatoes - the heat/drought has done the plants in and now the chickens are just digging them up, so if we want any, now is the time.
If you would like to join us in our Friday Show & Tell, please see our sweet SSiC, Mary!
Mary - FYI - The goat's eyes aren't really blue, that is just from the flash - they all have yellow eyes.
Weeds - Living in the country has many benefits - but I'm not sure what you mean by wealth, we have a hobby farm, as in, you don't make ANY money on it - ya just keep spending & paying, but ya do it because you love it & love your animals! :)
I did not know about the hay. Wow, there are some people who want to make money the cheap way, don't they?
Are you allowed to hunt and kill the wild turkeys, if they are in your property?
I love the smell of fresh hay! And I used to love climbing up on the bales to play house on top. That was a long time ago. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Jenn
But I must ask...have you ever baled it? I can honestly say that I have, though it many many moons ago when I was a spring chick. It got so hot in that hay mow that you couldn't breathe, but we had fun playing it in anyway. If I did it now, I would be taken by ambulance within minutes, I'm sure. Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures!
Kate is a goat?! I thought for sure she was a lamb or young sheep. I never saw such a pretty goat...what a cutie, and with all that curly hair....fleece...fur....a curly coat?
You don't sheer it, do you? Does she always look like that?
bethanyrae
I LOVE your sheep! Just what kind is that? It is so pretty. You always see pretty pictures of cute sheep, but in real life, their always ugly! I've always been curious about getting one or two, but I wanted a cute one (so shallow, sorry). Please tell me what kind this is, I just have to know.
