Archive for the ‘Barnyard’ Category

Thistles

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Rhymes with ‘pistols’.Horse Thistle Plant

Unless you are a donkey, in which case it rhymes with ‘breakfast’.

Some folks think they are a nuisance.  The goats and donkey eat them up.  The sheep not so much.

Some of them get really big, especially when they are outside the fence-line (there loose lips cannot reach).

In springtime all the interesting plants come out to play.  Tender and tasty.  The Poison Ivy is gone from our fields – all eaten by the goats.  Wild Brambles?  Gone too.   And a strong fence around the cultivated ones.

If you have scrub to clear, there is nothing than goats, donkeys and some time.

Gotta go move the fence out…

Some of the Boys

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

The Bigger White Rooster

We have too many roosters.  This poor guy(you’d never know it to look at him now) ran into a buzz saw called Mr. Big a few weeks ago.  Usually the foxes and raccoons limit the population but this year all 6 roosters survived.  We are currently researching Coq Au Vin solutions.

We tried placing him for adoption but all the interested party wanted to know what was wrong with him.  He’s a rooster.  What else do you need to know?