Yesterday while walking across the yard toward my chicken girls I suddenly wondered how many other times, how many other women, had walked this same walk. Different times, different women, same job. My dishpan was full of treats for the chickens, strawberry hulls and melon rinds, the stuff that makes silly girls even sillier in their greed to get ( Read more... )

Don't Do It. That's it. The three important words. Don't (as in 'do not') attempt to garden with your dog. Don't do it. Don't get me wrong, I love dogs. And mine? I adore them more than many people. But I no longer attempt to do any gardening with them. Which is sad as I love gardening as much as I love those dogs ( Read more... )

When I was just a child there was a reverence for eagles, at least in my fathers' voice when he spoke of them. Back then if we wanted to actually see an eagle we had to go west and camp at places like Yellowstone or Jackson Hole. And then we were lucky to see one flying, if at all ( Read more... )

I took a walk in the woods a few days ago. Spring, as usual, came in with a whoosh! I'm always always amazed at how many shades of green there are when spring arrives. What pulled me in to that particular woods were both the Trillium, and the May Apples. They are here for just a moment and then it's almost like they never were. Spring is like ( Read more... )

During the course of her mentoring, Marsha taught me many things. She taught me a lot about llamas since had 3, Lluke Llama, Lluther Llama and Lloyd Llama ( Read more... )

I've probably told the story of Wheeler and the gate 50 times, but I am including it here because a)some people think I make this stuff up and b)it is pertinent to this next part ( Read more... )

This is part 3 of my Four Wheeler memories ( Read more... )

Back when I was first investigating sheep, I knew that in addition I would need something to protect them. There have always been coyotes here. So I started exploring the different breeds of dogs known for this kind of work. I like dogs, so this wasn't an issue. But somewhere along my research I read about several sheep ranches in the west that ( Read more... )

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