by Kara | Jun 17, 2022 | Chickens, Country Living, Farm Life, Garden, Seasons on the Farm, Spring, Uncategorized
‘Summer is coming, summer is coming. I know it, I know it, I know it. Light again, leaf again, life again, love again,’ Yes, my wild little Poet. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson, from The Throstle Hello from June 17th! Extremely-rainy-May has merged into...
by Kara | May 8, 2022 | Chickens, Farm Life, Lambs, Seasons on the Farm, Spring, Turkeys
Nothing is so beautiful as Spring- When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing; The glassy...
by Kara | Apr 7, 2022 | Country Living, Farm Life, Garden, Lambs, Reflections, Seasons on the Farm, Spring, Turkeys, Uncategorized
“Now say to yourself five times, and believe it… “”This is March. The main thing to do in March is to don’t. I don’t dare do much in my garden.. because I know this old fellow March; he fools me every time.” ~ Alfred Carl...
by Kara | Mar 10, 2022 | Country Living, Farm Life, Lambs, Seasons on the Farm, Sheep, Winter
Come, sweetheart, listen, for I have a thing Most wonderful to tell you – news of spring Albeit winter still is in the air And the earth troubled, and the branches bare, Yet down the fields to-day, I saw her pass – The spring – her feet went shining...
by Kara | Feb 4, 2022 | Chickens, Farm Life, Reflections, Seasons, Winter
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. ~ Henry David Thoreau ~ I discovered the above Thoreau quote shortly after we moved to our farm eight years ago, and I have had it...
by Kara | Jan 31, 2022 | Farm Life, Reflections
Tap, tap… is this thing on??? It has been 14 months since I’ve written here. Every November I receive a bill for the domain name and web hosting for this website, and I have to make a decision…. to renew or not to renew. It is a respectable chunk of...
