One way to stay cool...

Guess she was hot, lol

When I went out to give the animals cool fresh water this afternoon Princess Porkchop decided to take a nice cool mud bath & shower, lol. So glad I had my camera in my back pocket! She was really lovin the shower, gettin her a nice cool drink straight from the hose.

June 7 Bantam Chickies

While I was away from the farm all day yesterday & overnight (my daughter & I ended up havin a girls day that turned into stayin the night at my cousins, we had a nice time) anyways... I called home to check on my chickens & my son told me chicks were hatchin from under 2 hens. I forgot it was time for them to hatch! Around May 19 I had but bantam eggs under two broodies, 8 hatched. They are the cutest lil chickies, I really hope they do good & I get to see them grow. I actually just put all 8 in my brooder pen with 1 of the hens to take care of em.

Pictures of all Mommas to these bantam chicks are H-E-R-E

Hey...
If ya stop in for a visit leave me a comment, its nice. Just sayin.

Ally Cats Kittens... 5 weeks

"Gizmo"

Ally Cats Kittens are 5 weeks old now... they are so loveable & friendly. They have started using the litter box & eatin solid foods. All the kittens have homes they will be goin to.

Update on Piper & Jynx: I got them fixed last Tuesday :)

Plantin 2011 Garden...

I'm so far behind on post... tryin to catch up! Summertime is a busy time! We started plantin our 2011 garden on Mothers Day. Everything is growin great! I took pics. on June 1 & already need to take new ones... everythings so much bigger now, lol. I seen 1 lil jalapeno growing on a plant & lots of blooms on other plants.

We planted acouple different tomatoes, green peppers, yellow peppers, orange peppers, sweet banana pepper, jalapenos peppers, cayenne peppers, cucumbers, watermelon, cantaloupe, basil & rosemary, green beans, radishes, beets, sugar snap peas, squash, zucchini, giant sunflower, giant pumpkins (Thanks Paul), small gourds and a blueberry bush we planted in the back yard.

Our Little Barnyard Pond...

Dontcha think the poor girl needs a pond to cool off in?!?!

We do! So we recycled our old pool liner into a barnyard pond for the animals over the weekend. Its been a huge hit with Porkchop, the ducks & us... I have been hanging out alot down there just enjoyin the animals & nature, always something goin on.

Ants were all over the pool liner when we pulled it out... the animals loved em!

We had lots of helpers

The 1st one in the pond :)

We made it alittle bigger the other evening & we had helpers, lol

They are so sweet

I never knew I'd feel so much joy & happiness from living on Our Little Farm. I feel truly blessed & thank god everyday for makin it possible. I was sittin by the pond this morning thinkin about all this while watchin the animals do their morning activities, hummingbirds zippin through the woods around me, beautiful butterflies softly sailing by... I love it & so glad I can share it with the world. More pond pics. coming soon.

I'm joining Farmchick in her bloghop this week.

Berry season has started...

I ate that ripened one in this picture :)

I've figured out we have Wild Black-Raspberries, Wild Blackberries & Dew berries, they grow all over our yard, I love it & I'm so thankful God blessed our yard with them. I pick as many as I can during berry season... we eat alot now, I make jam & I also freeze them for winter.

My June Calendar...

I seen the past few days that our berries are starting to ripen! Cant wait to make...

Wild Black Raspberry Cobbler

Wildberry Whipped Sensation

and I'm really thinkin about makin these shortcakes with some of last years berries that I have frozen, gotta use em up to make room for this years harvest :)