If you've never seen a pig with the zoomies, today is your lucky day! IPP baby Vivian is loving the freshly swept barn aisle!
A watermelon goes a long way around here! I was eating a piece of cold watermelon to cool off and God forbid I'm outside with food and don't share! Juliet and Cinnamon got to have some and when they were done with it, not even the rind was left!
Just one more time publicly shaming my cows and then I'm done (for now). I promise April does not have mad cow disease but I cannot profess to understand what is going on here!
Not a scrap going to waste around here! Owen picks up the food April dropped on the ground, and April picks up the food she dropped on Owen.
And the winner is....
Thanks to our resident teddy graham Lani for helping me pick the winners. As you can see, she looked at all the entries and made a calculated choice! I love involving the community with the farm and my animals, so we might make this an annual tradition with some of these kids' offspring!
Winners, please message me to get your prizes scheduled!
Have you ever wondered what a gallop on a racehorse feels like? Wonder no more! If you listen to her hoofbeats, you'll notice that this awesome mare is doing two strides per second! There aren't many horses I'd feel safe enough on to pull out my phone and take a video at top speed, but Maya is as safe as safe gets. I pushed the canter button and she took care of the rest!
Maya is a retired racehorse (JC name Unexpected Spin) who didn't do so well on the track but just loves to go trail riding, especially on the Eureka Trail, which we sometimes use as a gallop track. She's big and she can go fast, but she takes such good care of her riders that I'll put anybody from babies to grandmas on her and never worry about a thing! If you want to come by and love on Maya, her favorite snack is peppermints!
Happy Monday! Only get out of bed today if you absolutely must! 🤣
It was a beautiful day for a mountain ride today! Sweet Maya was an angel as usual and baby Wish was a real trooper! It was hot and the horses worked up a sweat, so they enjoyed a nice cool bath afterwards. Message the page if you'd like to book a ride for the month of May!
Just look at our pretty girls grabbing up huge mouthfuls of that luscious spring grass! Both of these cows were dairy barn rejects, rescued off the meat truck because they have one quarter that doesn't make milk (They still make 5-6 gallons a day each!). Because they were kept inside, they didn't even know what to do with grass when they got here, but it looks like they've figured it out! If you notice your milk seems extra happy this week, it's because we are weaning them off of their winter diet and onto this beautiful grass, and the cows are loving it!
The horses are happy to be let out on grass for the first time this year! Watch Phoenix leaping over the ducks towards the middle of the video. 🤣 I'm sure their lives flashed before their little eyes!
Anyone need therapy? I know just the spot!
Most of the time, I'm suspicious I'm just a puppet manager and the animals actually are the ones running the show around here. Owen recently started saying actual words, which further confirmed these suspicions. Today, he follows me around screaming mama; tomorrow, farm domination. If Owen approaches you and asks for your social security or credit card number, please refrain from giving them to him!