by Susan | Dec 18, 2014 | On the Farm
This is what 1-3 inches of snow looks like in Downeast Maine. It must be tough to be the weather man. What I expected to be a “dusting” or even rain turned out to be a 12 inches. It was a winter wonderland fitting for a Christmas card. A week of mild...
by Susan | Dec 1, 2014 | Backyard Birds
Someone looks a bit out of place.
by Susan | Nov 6, 2014 | Backyard Birds, On the Farm
Until the other day, I had never seen more than just a pair of goldfinches at my feeder. Last week a flock of these lovely little birds came to visit. Facebook friends helped to identify them as non-breeding goldfinches. I’m not certain if they’re males or...
by Susan | Oct 14, 2014 | Backyard Birds, On the Farm
My bird feeders were three-quarters full when I left in the morning. By afternoon, I was surprised to see that they were all but empty. Then I spied a band of blue jays – four in all that descended upon the yard. Now I understand who’s raiding the bird...
by Susan | Oct 13, 2014 | On the Farm
The sound outside my window last night as I snuggled down in bed.
by Susan | Oct 9, 2014 | On the Farm
As I was leaving the house today, I found this little porcupine crossing the drive. Paul spied him down the road at a neighbor’s yesterday, so it seems that he’s making his rounds. Me being me, I had to stop the car and get a closer look. As I moved...
by Susan | Oct 1, 2014 | Backyard Birds, On the Farm
As I walked out the door this morning, arms overflowing with handbag, coffee, water bottle, lunch, day planner, and camera over my shoulder (yes, I could use a tote), a large black bird swooped out of the fir tree and flew straight at me. I think he was as startled as...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2014 | Garden, On the Farm
“Holy tomatoes!” exclaimed Hannah when she spied the result of my morning’s work. With ground prep beginning today on the greenhouse, we needed to move the garden fence to give Paul space to run the tractor. You can see the need for the fence. The...
by Susan | Sep 21, 2014 | On the Farm
We have been talking of and dreaming about a greenhouse for quite a few years. The location, style, and size has changed with the tides. Motivated by the greenhouse I saw at the Common Ground Fair on Friday, I lured Paul outside to debate the location and stake out...
by Susan | Sep 19, 2014 | On the Farm
Summer. Frost. Two words that should not go together. Yet, I look back at last year and I wrote about a summer frost on the 18th. After tossing sheets over all my remaining veggies last night and finding them frozen this morning, I have new motivation to break ground...
by Susan | Sep 9, 2014 | On the Farm
I don’t believe that dragonflies deserve their name. There doesn’t seem to be anything fierce about them – unless you’re a mosquito. In that case – beware! We’ve had quite a few dragonflies zipping around the farm fast and furious....
by Susan | Sep 7, 2014 | On the Farm
The day lilies are all but spent. One lone blossom remains in my garden. I stopped to admire the flower and was surprised to discover that I’m not the only one? enjoying this last bright beacon of summer.
by Susan | Sep 5, 2014 | Chickens, On the Farm
A little bit of cute to end your week. Like momma, like baby.
by Susan | Sep 3, 2014 | Chickens
The new banty babies had an adventure today. Salty’s brood is almost three-weeks-old and she’s a bit bored hanging out in the coop and run. The run door is on the second story (so we can open the door when there’s loads of snow on the ground in the...
by Susan | Aug 31, 2014 | Garden, On the Farm
This last weekend in August found me in the garden wishing I could restart the month. I’m not ready for the growing season to wind down, especially when I’m having such great success with my hugelkulturs. I’d love another month of warm weather to...
by Susan | Aug 20, 2014 | Chickens, On the Farm
A moment of cuteness to make you smile on a Wednesday morning. We are smitten with these little babies!...
by Susan | Aug 16, 2014 | On the Farm
Today was a most productive Saturday. We managed to outsmart the mink these past few weeks and the last of the meat chickens are now in the freezer. More babies are hatching and I dried the first two loads of laundry on the new clothes line Paul built for me. Paul...
by Susan | Aug 15, 2014 | Chickens, On the Farm
What’s a farm without farm babies?Shadow, our little bantam hen who we lost this last winter, was our resident farm mama – the only hen, chicken, or duck who managed to hatch babies. This summer, we’ve had four broody girls. Salty, one of our...
by Susan | Aug 9, 2014 | Garden
I love days like today – sunny summer days when the only thought on my mind is working in the garden. It’s satisfying to see the garden producing. Although, harvesting from my garden is a bit like playing Twister. It’s so wildly overgrown that...
by Susan | Aug 3, 2014 | Ducks, On the Farm
Did you know that ducks are great complainers? Dilly is broody and unfortunately she’s made her nest by the pond and not in the duck house. She religiously sits on her eggs during the day. Come evening she’s not happy about being coaxed indoors. We were...
