Author Archives: StoneFace

begins really late on a saturday afternoon after all of the chores are done. I think I will write this catch up post in two parts since I have 4 weeks of egg stats to post and there is a … Continue reading →

Building the duck house, and culling chickens, and cleaning up the tree limbs after the microburst takes a whole lot longer than I thought it would. So just the stats for this past week. For the week of 9/14/2014 thru … Continue reading →

Last week I was expecting my parents to arrive on Sunday. They got here on Saturday afternoon. I am glad we had more time to catch up on what they’ve been up to for the past month. However, having company … Continue reading →

Many thing mark the end of summer for me, the start of school, the harvest of wheat or potatoes, the start of the state fair.

First the Egg count for the week of 8/17/2014 thru 8/23/2014 Collected – 54 Sold – 0 Cartons filled – 4 First off even though the cooler weather has made the chickens lazy, I still have way too many eggs … Continue reading →

I think I mentioned in the last post that I had pulled my left hamstring muscle when I slipped in the mud and wet grass. Well in order to heal completely I need to stay off of the leg and … Continue reading →

SO, this past week was very interesting. I had been talking to a friend and told him that if he needed eggs or just wanted to bring his kids out to meet the animals to just come on out!

So, I forgot to write this last night. Late again. This week I was able to get a bit more done on the next incarnation of the duck house.

First a rant about the food bank. Our church puts on a community breakfast once a month. Free to anyone who wishes to eat. In order to provide for all who want need a free meal part of the food comes … Continue reading →

So, this week we have had some higher temperatures, high 80’s to upper 90’s. I think we even had a day this past week that broke 100 degrees. Of course with the heat of the summer we also tend to … Continue reading →