Oops!

The new driver in the house needs to practice backing up out of the driveway a little more. LOL Nobody was hurt, including chickens and turkeys. The door bracing (on the side of the little door where the hinges are) got knocked askew. With four brackets and thirty minutes, this will be good as new.

Happy grads!

Teddy and Morgan at graduation My oldest son, Teddy, graduated from college recently!  His degree is in IT Networking.  My best friend also graduated the same day from the same university,  and her degree is in middle childhood education!     Becky and her husband,  Eric They both worked so hard for their degrees! I'm so … Continue reading Happy grads!

A catch up post

We've been busy, busy, busy the past five days here!  Saturday was our oldest daughter's birthday, but she's currently living in Brazil, so we didn't get to celebrate with her.  She's having a blast though and will be home in April, so we're looking forward to celebrating her 25th birthday once she's back.  She spent … Continue reading A catch up post

New chicks!

Ted came home from work last night with two cheeping boxes filled with chicks from the Rural King he passed after work.  My living room now has a plastic bin of little yellow and black chicks because he wanted "to add a little more variety to our flock".  These little peepers are LOUD.  They're nice … Continue reading New chicks!

Moving Bindi

We learned last spring that 1) Beef jumps the fence to get to greener pastures, and 2) Bessie and Beef don't get out when we move them often so their green grass looks as good as the grass on the other side of the fence. Sunday afternoon,  we decided to fence a temporary section of … Continue reading Moving Bindi

What do you do?

What do you do when your husband has surgery and then has to leave for a business trip, and everything on the farm happens the day he leaves?  Well, around here, I put on my big girl boots and deal with it myself. First up was refilling the pig feeder.  It took two trips with … Continue reading What do you do?

Need chicks? Consider buying from us!

It's that time of year again: the time when the cute and fuzzy little chicks fill the water troughs at the local feed stores.  Around here, those little chicks run about $1.99 - $2.69 each for straight run. Consider buying from Striving Acres this year! We are taking orders for straight run chicks (meaning I … Continue reading Need chicks? Consider buying from us!

Guess who drove the tractor Saturday?

That's right!   This girl!!!  I can do it!!!  I can also put on and take off the hay spear all by myself (it just takes a little redneck ingenuity in the form of a big metal bucket that I use because of my bum wrist)! Now I just have to figure out how to run … Continue reading Guess who drove the tractor Saturday?