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Unearthed
Hints of spring in the air this weekend. Tiny buds on the brambles, fat-bellied ewes, broody hens (ugh!) and all sorts of unearthed treasures.A fairy house forgotten all winter:A pair of bulldozers (Come to think of it, this is what our vehicles looked like parked in our driveway a few weeks...
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Published 2 weeks ago

When the going gets tough....
...the tough, um, adopt a new puppy?Sorry I've been away so long everyone. I have no good excuse. Just general busyness. Also, not much new to report here on Maggie's Farm. We are in a sort of holding pattern, waiting until spring to make the possibly hard decisions about our sheep and farm. I...
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Published 4 weeks ago

Cold Feet?
"Why farm?" We get that all the time.We have full time plus jobs, three young children, long commutes, crazy expenses, a house that requires the chopping of wood for heat and a hundred other chores, all sorts of creative, political and social obligations etc, etc and I can't tell you the number...
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Published 3 months ago

Belated Thanks
While Thanksgiving has come and gone, I am still very much in "thankful mode".Our group (16 strong, this holiday!) sat around the table and created "Thankfulness Pictures" to share before dinner. (This is a tradition that took on a life of its own a few years back.) And aside from appreciating...
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Published 3 months ago

Considerable Pathos
Last week our three pigs were slaughtered for food. This was the plan and we did indeed see it through. Though I feel like a bit of a cheat as I happened to be at work when the local guy came to shoot, skin and butcher them. I didn't mean to be away. In fact, I’d been steeling myself for the...
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Published 4 months ago

To Dye For
Ta Dah!!!! This yarn makes me wish I knew how to KNIT!
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Published 5 months ago

Fall Farm Update
It was in the 30's last night. Definitely cold enough to talk fall, a busy time around here. (Actually, every time is pretty much busy on Maggie's Farm.) Here's what's happening:The little turkey poults of late June are now full-fledged adolescents, wandering about eating windfall apples and...
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Published 6 months ago

Breed 'em or Eat
As summer draws to a chilly close, we find that our thoughts must also turn a bit chilly. Dan and I look at this year's lambs-- 5 rams remaining!-- and make some very real life-or-death choices. Who will we retain for breeding? Who will we eat?Who will we eat????Yup.It may seem a callous, brutal...
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Published 6 months ago

Skein Central
We just got a new shipment of yarn back from the mill, and it is beautiful! We tried something new this year and mixed colored in the same skein. The effect is a sort of tweed... or zebra. I love it!We also a lot of white this time around (Our white sheep are super hardy and just keep...
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Published 7 months ago

Plums!
In between kids, farm and work, Dan managed to make 18 cans of Plum and Plum Pepper Jam this week. (Yup, he's pretty amazing...)We are set for about 500 Peanutbutter sandwiches, very important with school fast approaching.Entering a few jars in the Fair this year!
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Published 7 months ago

Hoggy, Soggy, Sickly Days
The weather's been brutal this month; rain then rain, heat and humidity, more rain, followed by more heat and more humidity. It's the perfect storm as far as parasites and stress are concerned. Maggie's Farm Forecast says "80% chance of livestock disaster." And we've had it.Stubby Dave (One of...
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Published 7 months ago

SOMEbody's Got to Do It.
Luka, our little Icelandic sheepdog, has taken on a new role around the farm. She is The Enforcer, with an ego the size of Texas (or perhaps Iceland) and a zero tolerance policy for extraneous critters... and there have been quite a few extraneous critters of late.You see, it all started with...
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Published 8 months ago