After a few weeks of nonstop rain, we had a few weeks of nonstop dry. The small creek on my farm starting running low. Last night, we moved the horses and donkeys down off the pasture into the back b...
I was up at 4 a.m. this morning to take Morgan to the high school. I am dead tired. I apologize to all the other drivers on the road in Roane County. I need someone to show me how to turn off the hig...
Great Pyrs are supposed to be self-cleaning. But Chloe always looks like this. I think she’s defective!! P.S. And get a load of those giant paws. Her paws are already bigger than Coco’s p...
Lamb’s ear, that is! Which also could sound disgusting, huh? Lamb’s ear, THE PLANT. Though this kind of lamb’s ear is pretty cute. Okay, back to lamb’s ear, THE PLANT. I’...
First thing this morning, I walked two miles. With a 100 acre farm, it’s not unusual for me to walk around a lot anyway, but that is mostly broken up in the pursuit of various chores. Fitness w...
I have two apple trees along the creek between the driveway and the goat yard. When I planted fruit trees this spring, I didn’t plant apple trees, wanting to wait to learn more about the two ex...
Yesterday, I had my first company in the Studio at Sassafras Farm! It was an absolutely wonderful day. Our day: Pat and John from North Carolina, Kickstarter backers, arrived around 10 a.m. The studi...
I will have my first company in the studio today as a couple, who are Kickstarter backers, come to the farm. I’ll tell you all about our day later! In the jar: hydrangea, roses, lamb’s ea...
I get more emails about breadbaking disasters than anything else. I’ve been making bread since I was a kid, so sometimes I wonder if I’m the best person to ask about making bread, but I d...
Morgan came home from school to me taking chocolate chip cookies out of the oven. BIG chocolate chip cookies. I didn’t really mean to make them that big, but what good is a little cookie anyway...
How gorgeous is that? This painting was created by artist Kelly Walker from a photograph of Patriot and Zip, my two rescue horses. This painting will be made into a print for the Heart of Phoenix Equ...
I’m getting ready to cook for the first time in the studio! The studio isn’t quite finished yet, but this Thursday, my first Kickstarter backer will be visiting to spend the day at the fa...
View from my back porch: When did I get a black dog???? OH. Luckily, when sheep escape, they don’t really go anywhere. They just hang around the perimeter, waiting for you to bring them some de...
Spencer is what I refer to as the “big” town here, though that’s relative to my “little” town of Walton. The entire county of Roane boasts a population around 15,000. My...
Morgan rode Zip! Yeah, yeah, there’s still a halter on her, too, but Morgan got a little flustered getting the bridle on and finally just left the halter on along with it. She took only a short...
As expected, today at 2:00, 12-15 people showed up in 4-5 vehicles. I took a bucket of feed to the cows ahead of time and led them off to the outer limits of the field. One gentleman arrived early an...
Ross arrived around midnight last night for a quick turnaround trip. While he was here on leave for a month, he talked to a guy who works on diesel engines. His “new” (not brand new, just...
Yesterday, I was fretting over the ash-scattering ceremony that will be taking place in one of my pastures on Sunday. The grass is high, and I thought they needed a path. I have a push mower, but the...
Recently, I was contacted by a gentleman with an unusual request. One of the first female gas drillers in West Virginia drilled her first successful well on my farm. The well is known as Patton #1. A...
Yellow Crack Flowers: Genus Mysteriosa, a perennial flower found growing in cement cracks. In my latest “Name That Flower!” here is a very pretty yellow flower that is blooming from the c...
Ross gave me his old truck while he was home during his leave between finishing his two years of nuclear power school and reporting to his submarine in Norfolk. There were several things wrong with i...
Since I don’t want the overly-large Coco to attempt to bust out the small openings of the broken screen in the front door that I have previously used as a cat door, I’ve been leaving the ...
It– –needed– –gas. Next, we hope to figure out how to use a weedeater!
My cousin is selling his fresh ground cornmeal at the farmers market this season. He’s been talking about expanding and trying some cornmeal-based products. We’d talk about ideas driving ...
Weston is heading back to WVU to pick up a couple of classes in the first summer session (then home for the rest of the summer). With his first two semesters behind him, he’s no longer required...
Coco is doing so much better. (In case you’re new here and don’t know what I’m talking about, Coco went missing–read about it here–for nearly a week after she was hit by...
…must come to an end. It’s so much fun to have the horses around the house. I had them up around the house for three days. Most of that time, they were wonderful. They’re “peo...
Clover would love to see you! Rolling out lots of plans lately with the studio project winding down. I can’t do a Bed & Breakfast or Farm Stays yet. (Hopefully in the not too distant futur...
I was going to wait until Monday, but I’ve got everything ironed out, so I’m posting today! (See, sometimes I reveal a surprise late, but sometimes I’m early!) The studio project is...
I’m working on something exciting to tell you about on Monday. It involves Patriot, Zip, and you! And that’s all I’m gonna tell you right now! (ha!)
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