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07/18/2024

Today's challange: building a fence that blends into the surroundings...I think I did okay!

07/14/2024

It's been hot here for the last few weeks. Lots of frozen treats and mud pits to keep miss Juliet cool!

07/10/2024

The first home grown tomato of the year! With farm fresh eggs and local ciabatta bread

07/03/2024

Pony Popsicles for hot days!!

06/18/2024

It's not often juliet joins goat nap time, but it's so cute when she does!

06/17/2024

Taffy the 🐐 hanging out on the back lawn with Farrah the rabbit in the back!

06/15/2024

Just a hard working barn cat... working hard to get some belly scratches!

06/15/2024

Lucky the Mini out for an adventure around the barn!

06/13/2024

Before and after of Juliet and her mid day soak. She's chomping on some frozen watermelon in the first photo and wagging her tail in the summer. She's not at all spoiled!!!

06/11/2024

One happy muddy pig 🐷

06/05/2024

Off to the barn to hose down the horses and bring them some horsey Popsicles!

This batch is carrot and Alfalfa flavored!

06/05/2024

It's going to be a hot one today 🔥 we are supposed to hit triple digits for the first time.

The freezer is stocked with frozen treats for the animals as well as frozen water bottles to help drop ambient temperatures in animal pens. Juliet's pool is full and cold! 💧

Picture from last night - it was still above 80° at 7ish and pretty hot according to Reggie 🐈‍⬛ and Farrah 🐰 who decided both sprawled out in the cooler grass.

06/05/2024

Charm says "No mud, no problem! When there's a will there's a way!"

I mist down their paddock to help with the dust and charm never misses an opportunity to get all kinds of gross.

At least he's cute!!!

06/02/2024

How many animals do you see??

05/31/2024

It's always an adventure around here....

Last night I went out to do my last check on everyone, make sure everyone is in bed and has food and water, like I do every night. Unlike normal, Juliet was nowhere to be found. Usually she's tucked in snug as a bug snoring away piggy dreams. But nope, not tonight. Cue panic.

If you've been following this page you might be familiar with some of Juliet's "adventures" so to speak. She's been on her best behavior lately...but all good things must come to an end.
After calling for her, scouring the yard and rattling her food dish (she is a pig after all) and no pig appeared I decided she had either escaped, or was abducted by aliens. If it was the latter I figured she'd be returned soon enough. But just in case it was not aliens, we started calling from the front yard as well. I can't imagine what the neighbors thought of us as we walked up and down the street, calling for her.

After about 5 minutes miss juliet comes trotting down the street, none the wiser of the headache she caused. 🐖She happily went right back home, excited for a midnight snack. Turns out she snuck out the side gate while we were taking out the trash and decided to go on a moonlit walk about the neighborhood. She is very proud of herself, and I am grateful that the cover of darkness hid her bad behavior...

We had a stern talk about her behavior, but I'm fairly certain she wasn't actually listening, and this all was payback for the nail trim she had earlier in the day. 💅🐷

05/30/2024

So who all made the move with us?

Juliet the pig 🐖
Taffy, Bonnie and Clyde the goats
4 chickens - Ethel, Magdalena, Cheryl and Buffy
3 horses - Amora, Lucky and Charm
3 cats - Reggie, Risotto and Lasagna
Our 2 snakes 🐍
1 bunny! Miss Farrah

We won't be adding any animals for quite some time, but we are working on getting our garden going! This property also has lemon and persimmon trees 🌳

05/29/2024

For the first time ever I don't have my horses at home. This has been a huge adjustment! For the last 10 years I've done all their feeding, cleaning and care.

We looked for a place to have them at home, but options were limited, and to be completely honest my body needed a but of a break from daily horse chores. Those of you that have been following this page for years know I have had a lot of health issues, including a spinal cord injury. Horses are a lot of work and after some reflection, I decided it was time to board them. Amora and her minis now live on a beautiful 80+ acre walnut farm. They have a huge run in barn and their own paddock. I go almost every day to turn them out, play with them and make sure they are happy and healthy.

They are taken impeccable care of by the barn owner, and they absolutely love it. They may not have 10 acres to explore but they are happy and healthy and that's all that matters! Here are some pictures of their new digs!

05/27/2024

Juliet enjoying her new digs! ☀️

05/27/2024

This page has been quiet for months, and for that I am sorry. When we first moved to Sears Point we were filled with nothing but hope for the future and to grow this beautiful land.

Unfortunately not everything is as it seems and we struggled for 18 months to farm in peace and heal the broken land. The property was overgrown with foxtails, tarweed, scotch bloom, wild mustard and more. There was very little grass for the horses. The "grass" in all my photos was young foxtails. Ticks were everywhere and the mosquitoes the size of quarters. The ground was horribly neglected and hard as a rock. None of this was disclosed to us prior to moving.

Still, we made the best, set up plans for rotational grazing, started making compost to ammend the soil, spent hours and hours pulling weeds and fixing fences. And then we got news the property would be sold. More heartbreak 💔 but that was okay. We would find another farm.

In the beginning of January Ruth slipped on the uneven ground and injured herself beyond repair. We made the decision to let her go peacefully at the farm, surrounded by our love. That experience hurt. I had spent the last 16 months working tirelessly to improve the land to avoid such an incident. I felt defeated, and I was burnt out on the farm. I couldn't bring myself to share the heartbreak we had felt. So I stopped sharing our journey.

A month ago we packed up all the animals, our life and moved 3 hours away to Chico, CA. We no longer live on a "real farm". The horses (Amora and the minis) now live at a boarding barn, and the rest are at home in our backyard.

I hope, over the next few weeks I can ease back into sharing our new "farm" normal. I am still beyond passionate for farming and connecting humans with agriculture - that has not changed. I'm just not sure how the future will unfold. I do hope you continue to follow this story, and see where it goes.

First up will be a name change - I would like to introduce for the first time - Amore Farm

12/17/2023

We've mastered the art of unloading hay with the tractor! And by we I mean Ryan...I just make sure the truck stays dent free!

This is so much easier than unloading 800 pounds of hay by hand at least once a month. Depending on the time of year the animals (mostly ruth 😅) eat 1200-1500 pounds of hay a month.

12/16/2023

Not a bad view to wake up to 😍

I do find it odd that a certain partner of mine parked the tractor in a way that it's visible from the bedroom 🤣 it's blocking part of my beautiful view!!!

12/15/2023

Risotto is starting her working cat training - this starts with visits to the barn, rewarding her when she follows a scent and letting her shadow our experienced working cat Reggie.

This morning Riz opted to visit the barn from the safe and warm position inside my jacket 🤣 usually she wants to get out and explore, but not today!

12/14/2023

Happy National Horse day to our crew of 5! ❤️

I'm so lucky to have such a cute and amazing herd of horses!

12/14/2023

My camera roll is roughly 50% animals and 50% sunsets...hard not to take pictures when this is the view 🌄🌅

12/13/2023

Evening snack with a view....these horses aren't at all spoiled!

Spreading their hay out helps re- plant the grass and what they don't eat provides natural ground cover! Plus it encourages the horses to eat in a natural way.

12/12/2023

Just a morning gallop to the barn for breakfast 🐎🐎

Ruth used to be a racehorse, and often gives me morning demonstrations!

12/11/2023

1.5 week difference in our hills. It's amazing the difference a few rains can make!!! 🌧🌧🌧

12/11/2023

This view warms my soul like nothing else 💗

This property is right on the verge of the wild. Only a train track and trail seperates our pastures and the protected wetlands. I love to sit out and listen to the sounds of nature. It helps put in perspective the rest of the noisy world. While this farm is never quiet, the noise is far more peaceful than a city to me. It's so soothing.

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Pony Popsicles for hot days!!

Why would you want to start your day any other way?? #farm #farmlife #morningroutine

It's hay day! 750 pounds of hay unloaded and stacked!

The chicken crew in action! No such thing as being alone on the farm with a free ranging flock! #chickensrunwild #chickens #farm

I just love watching them come in! Most mornings they are waiting for me in the barn for their breakfast of grain + supplements, but some mornings they are way in the back pasture and have to be whistled in. Thankfully they are very food motivated and know what the "breakfast whistle" means and come running! I'm always amazed that they can run up these hills, they are steeper than they look and I'm out of breath after walking halfway up 🤣 clearly the horses are in better shape than me! Even Maggie, our 30+ year old resident horse can haul butt up these hills!

Exploring the flat plains on the property! It's so fun to watch them play 🦄🐎

The morning race to breakfast!

Happy animals 🥰

This is how Reggie greets me every morning on the farm!

Charm loves bobbing for apples! 🍎 Our own apples are getting closer to being ripe every day, I can't wait!

Yummy yummy apple 🍎 🐐

Splash 🌊Splash 🌊Splash 🌊 Ollie taking a dip in the pool!

Prepping for this heat wave- the Juliet way! I will be carefully monitoring all our animals over the next few days. I have a lot of tricks I wanted to share for other animal owners! 🌞 Frozen water bottles for rabbits to snuggle 🌞Fans up and out of reach of curious animals. I favor enclosed motor fans and check them daily for dust collection. 🌞 Frozen ice in all waters, with waters in the shade if possible and filled multiple times a day with fresh cool water. 🌞 Pools for ducks, even the turkeys and chickens will wade in it on a hot day. 🌞All animals have access to shade all day. 🌞Take fly sheets off if possible on triple digit days. Use fly spray if needed. Its just too hot and they get sweaty underneath 🌞Lastly- give the pig some mud! Check your animals every few hours, but stay inside when you can, especially those of us who rarely experience this kind of heat. Stay safe! Stay cool!