DuckDuck and Goose left The Farmstead this weekend. Yes, they left alive. Yes, they will stay alive. They’re going to live at Farmpound, a fellow Air Force Academy grad’s farm in Tacoma, Washington. How did we come to this decision? Well, anyone who has met us knows, we don’t part with animals. When filling out [...]
Well, we finally did it. We got another duck. Our duck is about to be 20 weeks old…so we should have gotten one a long time ago. But a combination of factors kept us from doing it. I honestly wasn’t sure our duck was going to survive. If you remember, we had a sad month [...]
If many hands make light the work, M<3M’s hands should be put on a pedestal, or win an award, or both. The Farmstead got a surprise visit from my mother (that’s M, heart, M in case you’re wondering) this weekend when she ended up having to drop the grandbabies off at Portland (with their mother [...]
We have just one duck left. In a very sad “Of Mice and Men” twist Cleo got in, or the duck got out, and she just hugged it too much. When I found Cleo she was laying very quietly with the duck. No blood, no marks, just no longer living. Which means we have this [...]
I have written this post four times, in hopes that each succeeding draft more appropriately conveys how we feel. You see, we lost Lola and Gregory. Except lost is not the right word because we know where they went. They both were attacked and did not survive. By what you ask? Take your pick. We [...]
Wow! April is almost over, how does that happen so fast? Amazing The bees are home! 7 months ago my mom gave Mr. Nick bees for his birthday. And now, they are home. The buzzing is almost soothing. The Farmstead was featured on Rural Women Rock this week which is so cool! I love the [...]
Spring is officially here! There is lots to celebrate: Amazing We haven’t had a fire in over a week (which, if you remember, wood is our only heat source). I’m almost done purging our home. Two years ago we moved from a 2,500+ square foot house to an 1,100 square foot studio. I am finally [...]
Eh hem. May I have your attention please. The ducks are here!! This is Gregory and Lola (and Fat Pip scoping them out). They are Indian Runner Ducks, which we chose because not only are they very prolific in the egg laying department but they are also fairly quiet (as far as ducks go) and [...]
