School is officially out for the summer (Yay!!) Not that much has changed around here other than not doing schoolwork. Oh and it’s been getting hot, miserably hot. Unfortunately for us, our pool liner broke last year and they are as rare as hens teeth right now thanks to covid 19. Here’s hoping that one pops up soon as these kids are begging to go swimming.

Dorothy and Rose have settled right in around here. The first spot we chose to put them was great. When it rained, there was a river running right thru their pen. Well not really a river, but a lot of water. So we decided to move them over by the chicken coop. We can see them clearly now from the kitchen window which is nice because we couldn’t see them at all before unless we went out there.

The girls and I loaded up the babies in Dad’s truck along with a couple of dog kennels and hit the highway to go pick up Sophia, Blanche and the feeder pigs. The trip went surprisingly well with two babies and a truck bed full of animals haha. We got home and got all of them settle in to their new homes. We ended up going back to the same farm that we got the baby goats a few days later to pick up Two more…Mimi and Belle. Mimi is a Nubian and super sweet! Belle is a Nigerian dwarf and a little skittish, but I’m sure she’ll come around.

We had a couple of hiccups with our electric fence for the pigs, but it’s all worked out now. Apparently we bought the one for bigger pigs, which they will be soon, but as for now they were able to squeeze through. Luckily they didn’t go very far and we were able to get them back in the pen pretty easily. We switched out the pig fence for the chicken one, at least until they get bigger. So far so good, they haven’t managed to escape anymore. I was pleased to see them get right to rooting the area too. They’ll stay there for a few days before being moved around.

Speaking of pigs…the spot that they are in was completely covered in trees, honeysuckle and brush up until a week ago. We worked hard to clear it out so piggies could live there first. It’s shaded and it’s an area that we wanted cleared out any way. Some of the smaller trees were cut down and Farmdaddy took a scythe to the bushes and honeysuckle. I’m not sure if you’ve ever used one of those…they are both horrible and amazing! They cut stuff down so quick but boy is it a workout.

While walking thru the garden a couple of days back, I heard a noise in the bushes at the edge of the woods and looked over to see Mama cat was bringing her babies to the food bowl. We knew she had had her babies but nobody had seen them. She stopped coming around as much and only showed up to eat and would quickly disappear. It was pretty exciting to see 3 little heads pop up when I called out to them. Hopefully they warm up to us some and stick around. The chickens have been pretty good mousers, but I’m sure cats are better.

All in all, life has been good around here, hopefully all is well in your neck of the woods too.