Catching up..

    Wow! I was looking over some old stuff and came across this blog. I use to enjoy this so much, but like most things, life got busier and busier and time for this slipped away. When I saw it was 2015 since my last post, it saddened me quite a bit! I wondered if I could possibly reopen this old therapy source, so here it goes, if you read this and enjoy it, please let me know! A writer I am not, but I do like getting my thoughts down, and maybe with some feed back I'll get back at it! Just make a comment here or on the Facebook page, or drop me a message!
     A lot has changed in 2 years, in some ways we have progressed quite a bit, in others we have slipped back, but its a work in progress, so I'll update you a bit! We still have our 2 German Shepherds, and our ancient cat, Callie. At the present time we also have 12 goats, 9 females and 3 bucks. We are in the process of selling 2 does and 2 bucks, and we have one expecting any day! We have 8 turkeys, 3 toms and  5 hens. Two of our females are on nests and we are hoping to have little ones soon. We have chickens, bantams and several breeds of full size chickens. We average about 18 eggs a day. We also have sheep! Two females, named, Polly and Esther (aka polyester). We also still have our 2 rabbits, Heidi and Hans. Unfortunately, at this time we do not have our bees or ducks. We lost our hive during this past year, and plan on getting a new one soon, after we can figure out what issues are causing us to lose them. As far as the ducks go, a predator got the ones we had , but we have 20 more ducklings arriving on May 8th, and we are super excited! I miss them and their antics so much! Our pigs have long since gone to market, and we are discussing getting a couple more for the fall.

   So far this year we have not planted a garden , but we do have lettuce planted and in abundance, and a new small greenhouse attached to the back porch , which we will be utilizing soon. We have blueberry bushes, squash and pepper plants ready to go and working on the tomato plants! Several herbs we planted that we are enjoying include, oregano, cilantro, rosemary, parsley, basil, thyme and chocolate mint. Our 2 peach trees are loaded, and will have to be thinned out soon, and our grape vines are doing very well.
  On a family note, I have all my children back in the area! Shannon, Chris, Oli and Emme are back from New York , and live close by. I also have a new grandson since I last blogged, He is a year old named Allister. He is my youngest son's son. We have family nights on Sundays and I am blessed to get all the kids, their significant others and the 3 young grands together! I look forward to it so much, we have a nice supper and hang out. It is such a blessing!
  So, that's the update, so many more topics and thoughts I want to discuss, but I wanted to inform you all where we were at, as a farm first. I would
love to hear from you, so if you have a second, please drop me a word. Until next time!