Category: Family pictures
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Grandparents’ Camp (Part I)
Below: Campers were picked up from the airport and headed straight to Dr. Lee and Dr. Clare’s office to repair Beckett’s front tooth. The cousins were curious, so Drs. Lee and Clare (working after hours) allowed the campers to view the procedures. The patient was very happy with his new front tooth. Hopefully, the visit…
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Berries, Fishing, Orchard, and Family
We have harvested raspberries and blackberries almost every other day for the past three weeks. We had blamed the plants for not producing. Maybe we should have realized that the birds had something to do with the lack of berries. The bird netting made a huge difference. Below: While visiting one of the lakes in…
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Goats, Berries, Pumpkins, Watermelons and Fun Summer Days!
Tsunami is finally adjusting to the much, much smaller herd of goats at our farm. Below: One of Tsunami’s twins, Gwen, also seems happy in her new home. The new owner sent recent pictures of Gwen on a Trampoline and in a birdbath that Gwen has claimed as her own. Below: What happens when you…
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Memorial Day Weekend 2024!
Fruitful Harvest! We were able to harvest blackberries (seedless and thornless), raspberries, blueberries, and string beans. All will be consumed this weekend. Below: Slide (1-2) Our corn plants have tasseled which means corn is on the way. These plants were “left over” and are not in the enclosure to prevent animals from eating. (3-5) The…
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New Honey Crisp Tree, Purple Martins, Blackberries and family gatherings for Graduation and Mother’s Day.
A new Honey Crisp Apple tree has been added to the orchard. It was a gift from our sons. It is pretty large and already has apples. With luck, we may get to pick an apple this year. The Purple Martins have definitely settled into their new homes and are enjoying their surroundings. It won’t…
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Garlic, Blueberry, & String bean harvest, and family pictures for Mother’s Day weekend.
Ike visited the farm this weekend. First on the agenda was harvesting the garlic and hanging it to dry. Platting the garlic to hang for two weeks took four hands. Below: Ike helped harvest more blueberries. Ike also harvested green beans and pruned the giant pumpkins. Only one pumpkin is allowed to grow on each…
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Gwen’s swing, Zinnias, Pumpkins, and the poor Pear tree.
Skippy’s little girl has found her favorite place at her new home. How she gets in and out of the swing is still a mystery to us. Her new owner has named her Gwen. Below: The zinnias and the pumpkins are truly growing rapidly. However, we think a deer snacked on one of our new…
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Apples, Pears,Figs, Watermelon, Grapes, Beans, and Snow?
Below is a slide show of the fruit and vegetables growing on the farm. #1-3 Apples, #4-6 Pears #7-8 Figs growing back from roots of frozen tree #9-11 New Pear tree with flowers # 12-14 Watermelon #15-17 Frost Grapes (or wild grapes) with buds #18-19 Bush beans #20-21 Thyme flowering #22-25 Muscadine Grapes with buds…
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Goats, Bat in the Bat House, Blueberries
Below: Fool, Butter and kid, and Einstein and kid are comfortable in their new pen. Below: Padme and her three sons are adjusting well. One of the triplets has found a new route to the trough. Below: After three years, the bat house has its first tenant. We clean the mud daubers out of the…
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New goat owners are reporting, garden report, and outdoor fun!
Below: Skippy’s female twin went to Jeanne and her husband. Jeanne already owned a goat who needed a friend. It appears that our little female has found two friends, a dog and a goat! Below: Skippy and her male twin went to Hanna and her husband. Both Skippy and her kid seem to be enjoying…