Apples are a Very Healthy Snack for Dogs We’ve always shared slices with our dogs, and most of them have liked it. The crispness of a fresh apple helps keep their teeth clean, and apples are full of healthy fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants. They are also low in calories so a great snack for dogs on a diet. If your dog doesn’t like them, unsweetened apple sauce is a great … [Read more...]
Nature & Farm Friday – A Quest for Color
With all the colorful leaves fallen off the trees, and everything due to soon be blanketed in white, I went around the farm to look for what little bit of color might be left somewhere. I'm happy to say I found some! The red berries on our Burning Bush look beautiful against the blue sky! Our chickens come in all different colors. The orange pumpkins and our yellow … [Read more...]
Walking on Sunshine
We've been very happy to finally be seeing some sunshine lately, even though it doesn't last long with the days getting shorter and shorter! It's nice to have it back on our morning walks now that the clocks changed (the only good thing about that whole fiasco, and we know it won't last long anyway). Morning walks have been a little later since it's been quite chilly. The … [Read more...]
Nature & Farm Friday – Last of Autumn
It's difficult to believe that October is over already! Rain and wind has pretty much put an end to most of Autumn's beauty around here, but I've taken some photos throughout October that I wanted to share of the last beauty we enjoyed. Early in October, the marigolds were still blooming. These were planted to help protect our tomato plants from insects. They really outdid … [Read more...]
Farm Snippets – Egg Drop
I’m always writing about how fascinating it is watching our farm birds – chickens and guinea hens – doing their things around the yard. It’s like a little soap opera at times in how they interact with each other. I thought it would be fun to tell some of the little stories of things that go on. I wrote over the summer about the "Never-Ending Easter Egg Hunt", about how the … [Read more...]
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