by Tom Beers You died in our arms 7 weeks ago. 1/28/23 Today started out a beautiful sunny day and the mountains glimmered in their glory. Whoever said "it's a good day to die" is a liar. It's snowing now and soon you'll be covered under a white blanket. Even as a pup you [...]
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In 2021, we needed to start a new laying flock. Living off-grid with only a small amount of solar power, we needed to learn how to brood chicks with very little- or preferably zero- electricity. We saw kerosene set-ups to provide heat. In pondering over it though, for one thing, Krystal is highly sensitive to [...]
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The new flock of Brahma chickens is doing marvelous. We really, really, really (did I say really?) like the breed!!! So far we are quite impressed. They started laying the end of January, albeit only one hen to begin with, but it’s still earlier than the other breeds. One month later they are laying [...]
Our dairy goats Cedar and Brie had their kids! They are tons of fun to watch romp around. We are going to keep Cedar’s beautiful Chamoise buckling and wether him. He will be a companion for our herd buck Pepe when he is away from the girls. And I think it would be neat [...]
We are excited to announce an upcoming litter of our Naturally Reared English Shepherd line! Fahey and Siobhan are expecting their wee ones to arrive around June 17, 2016. These will be exceptionally rare 4th Generation Naturally Reared ES, the first in the world! Yep, you read that right. If you would like [...]
Not only are we in baby season full-swing with lambs arriving almost daily to go along with all the other babies around the ranch, but we are getting geared up for spring/summer projects. However, we got slowed down a bit when Tom slipped on the ice 4 weeks ago and gave himself a doozy [...]
“The Complete Book of Irish Country Cooking- Traditional and Wholesome Recipes from Ireland” This gorgeous coffee table book written by Darina Allen presents more than 300 recipes for native Irish dishes; embellished with comments, history, and amusing anecdotes from Chef Allen. More than a mere recipe book, it’s a record of how the Irish [...]
Our 2015 litter of Naturally Reared English Shepherd puppies made their debut on March 23rd! All ten, beautiful wee babes and their mother are health and growing fine. The boys have it this year with 7, to the 3 girls. Commence snuggling with puppies, precious baby sounds, and all-too-soon romping around the [...]
