The Anti-Rat

  When we first decided to home educate, about 7 years ago, I did what I usually do upon gaining a new interest-I read. I read my way throug...

  Our new babies finally arrived-36 day-old chicks. We have 11 Blue Leghorns, 11 Brown Leghorns, 10 Australorps (sadly, one died in transit)...

  I promised the husband a Jersey cow for his 30th birthday last year. However, we were in Tasmania, and not planning on staying, and it’s a...

  We get 37 day-old chicks in four different pure breeds next week. And it got us to thinking, how many chickens have we had over the years?...

  Pony Club would freak if they saw our method of learning to ride. It goes like this.   -Acquire pony and gear. Ignore saddles, but wear ...

  It’s funny what happens when you meet a few people and let it be known you’re looking for animals. They just appear. And on hearing our gi...

  Well, when I said in the last post i’d been doing nothing, it wasn’t entirely accurate. We figure setting up farm means settling in, and w...