Farm Update

I realized that I haven’t posted some pictures from around the farm in a while, so here are some I took today…

these are our boars, Bucket and Packer. Bucket will be going into the freezer. We may be purchasing a sow this weekend, so packer will have a wife (GRIN!). We’re wanting some piglets as soon as possible!! They are just too cute!

Colt & Riley with the pigs

this is Packer, both of the pigs are Blue Butt’s

This is a picture of our chickens we bought in February. They are Cuckoo Marans and Barred Rocks. I’m not sure which is which, as they all look alike! Cuckoo Marans lay really dark brown eggs (many people compair them to chocolate colored) and Barred Rocks lay the normal brown eggs.

This is our wood burning hot water heater. Right now this is our only source of hot water. Marty plans on adding a solar hot water heater to this system so that durning the warmer months we can have hot water without burning wood. The wood system would be back up inc ase we need more hot water than what the solar heater will provide. It’s so nice to have a handy husband! We haven’t had to buy propane in nearly 2 years!

My giant rose bush all covered with roses

A close up of one of the roses

See how huge this rose bush is! When we first moved in, there was a yellow rose bush there, but it died out. The next year this rose bush popped up and every year it gets bigger!

This is the rose bush that grows against Marty’s barn, it was there when we moved in and there’s also a tree growing up next to this barn. It needs to be cut back to give the roses more room. These are much prettier roses than the other one. They are more of a hot pink/red color.

A closer picture of the roses on Marty’s barn.

Well that’s the my little tour for the day (GRIN!). I”m going to lay down with Riley and take a nap. I’ve had a terrible headache all day that just won’t go away. Maybe a little sleep will help. After that, it’s back to laundry and knitting!

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