Just call me the Chicken Lady
Well it looks like I have a bit of a problem. DT and I went to the local farmer’s co-op yesterday. To get chicken and dog feed, only. Well they had a bin full of new little chickies!!! And not just plain on Ameracauna’s (like we got last week) they had buff orpington’s and silver […]
A game of keep away
The 20th week of our winter garden, and we are almost ready to say good bye, next weekend we will pull what’s left of the garden like the cabbage that never quite made it and the carrots and turnips. DT will till the garden, let it sit a few days, then we will lay chicken […]
Garden and New Arrivals
*Don’t forget to stop by and enter to win the Book One and The Same* Its week 19 of our garden and we finally harvested our wonky cauliflower and second crop of broccoli. It was the perfect amount to feed the family for dinner. Though it wasn’t the prettiest or largest cauliflower ever, it had […]
Playing with Camera Settings
I was playing around with my setting’s on my camera the other day and skeeter was my perfect subject. See Pioneer Woman gave a great tutorial about what the different setting on your camera do like the A & S. I had no clue, but I am loving the results. I mostly shot my pictures […]
Pesky the Amazing Chicken
We have chickens. As most of you know I like to write a little about my chickens every now and then, and I am amazed at how much we have bonded. They each have names (all 6 of them) and I can even Identify the chicken by the egg they lay. Because as you […]
You might be a redneck….
You might be a redneck if your child’s best friend is a chicken named Sally. Sally that likes to ride on a gator. In fact she chases the gator around until you pick her up and place her on the seat next to Little W. She also doesn’t mind being poked in the eye petted […]
Random Picture Day
So its 9:30 Sunday morning and this is what my living room looks like. I am constantly amazed at how quickly they can pull every single one of their toys out of their rooms and into the living room in such a short amount of time. The tree is still up, but it will be […]
Giant Water Bug
*Be Sure to enter my Pioneer Women Cookbook Giveaway, click here for details.* The other night around 10:30 at night DT was working on his truck outside and I was peacefully enjoying a glass of wine and catching up on some good TV. When DT runs into the house screaming, Come see this!! Then I […]
Winter Vegetable Garden – week 2
Week 2 of the garden and we’ve had lots of rain and lots of growth. Though sadly enough the pictures are still not all that exciting. I so will give a brief run through. Front view of the garden and we have some carrot sprouts Lots of little green sprouting up, it always makes me […]
Guard Dog
When DT parks his truck in the back yard Precious our 12 year on Rottweiler loves to jump up on it and sit on the fender, as if claiming guard over her truck. She likes the view from up high, and can easily spot any intruders And when she does she just licks them to […]