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Can you identify this mystery slab in Livermore?
Home invaders
Lawrence Farm Equine Shelter. Giving horses a second chance.
A drunk driver got my goat(s)…
My goats eat an awful lot like sheep. Or… My sheep look and awful lot like goats!
Sheep and goats are similar in many ways. They can look alike at times, they both make “baaaah” noises that are similar, and most significantly they are both ruminants. Animals like cows, deer, and moose are also ruminants, along with giraffes and camels. Ruminants have 4 chambered stomachs, and regurgitate partially digested food to chew […]
The chicken that didn’t cross the road
So…We were bookin it down the road late yesterday afternoon, when I slammed on the binders, and hung a u-ey. Jen said, “What are you doing?” As I pulled into the road alongside the cemetery. “I saw a chicken. ” I said matter of factly. Well we looked all around, and there was no chicken […]
MUD SEASON…How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways!
Early spring in Maine, is a horrible, HORRIBLE time of year! Even when the sun is out, and it is warm, it is still miserable… Everything is brown and gray. The ground is wet and muddy. There is standing water and mud everywhere. My yard is a swamp! My chickens are soggy, and my goats need muckers! The […]
Now that spring has sprung…So have my goats…
The days are getting longer, and warmer. My goats have been sticking close to their little barn all winter, and have been content to huddle together and chew their cud. Before I get too far into things, I should point out that I have added two more goats, to the herd of three I had. […]
“Zom”bees! Coming soon to a hive near you!
As if the noble honey bee doesn’t have things hard enough as it is, with Colony Collapse Disorder, there is a new menace that is wreaking havoc on bees from coast to coast, and it almost seems to come from some “B-Movie Horror Flick! (no pun intended) Bee keepers have found bees leaving the hive […]