Wacky Wanderers

exploring on the road as a family

Hobbies

For some reason Justin and I share the same itch to dabble in lots of different hobbies. Some of these hobbies are compact and portable while others take up a lot of space and/or have lots of accessories making them challenging to pursue in a small space. Now that we are at Crow Farm we finally have the missing ingredient we have been waiting for…space!

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The Flood

Before we bought Crow Farm we were told that flooding sometimes happens here. The flood plane goes into the hayfields a bit but doesn’t reach the house. It’s one thing to see pictures and hear stories, it’s another thing to actually see it with your own eyes.

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Piggy Changes

You all might remember that a while back we tried to get our sweet piggy Curly pregnant so we could raise some little piglets on the farm. Well, it did not go well, to put it lightly and we decided we needed to be happy with other alternative options for piggies. We decided it would be best to pass Mercy, our other female piggy, onto a new home and try finding a little Kunekune piglet to buy.

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Fall Fun with Ducklings & Harvesting

The nice thing about making a mistake last year and buying a straight run of ducklings (ending up with only one female) was that we got to get another whole batch at the end of summer. This time I bought through Metzer Farms online who offered pre-sexed ducklings of the breeds of my choosing. I was more than willing to pay the extra money to have them send me only females!

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Summer on the Farm

Wowzers! I have gotten way behind on writing blog posts! Now that it’s winter I guess I could catch up with what summer looked like this past year. There is never a dull moment or an empty list of “Things To Do” around here which is both exciting and sometimes overwhelming. We packed in a lot of fun things this summer to keep our love buckets full, so to speak.

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