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Make your own baby food...seriously do it!

After I had Henry and Addie the time quickly approached when they were onto eating food. I bought the baby food at the store and quickly found myself spending a small fortune on this tiny little person...

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Goat Playset...just a few logs!

 King of the mountain...or in this case its Queen of the Log!She prevails!As the boys fight it out she remains on the highest log...She eventually laid down to take a nap cause no one was challenging...

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Video Nigerian Dwarf Goat Kids Playing

Does it get any cuter than this!? I set up these logs for the little ones to play on and they sure do love it! They are only 2 weeks old and just full of energy! I love the sound of their little hoofs...

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Ordering a Queen Bee Online

One of the swarms that Bryan has caught this year is without a Queen...they were not making a queen for themselves, so we ordered a Queen bee to add to the colony. We purchased her online from...

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Queen Bee Piping!! Videos of our new Queen Piping!

First, I would like to say that I am quite gullible! I will believe pretty much anything Bryan tells me, so of course YES he does trick me sometimes and YES I do believe him! We ordered a queen bee for...

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Bryan Caught a Swarm with his Top Bar Hive Bee Swarm Trap!!

Bryan has been so excited to try and catch a swarm this year to add to our back yard. Basically a swarm trap is built to lure in bees who are trying to find a new home for their colony.  And here it...

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Bee Swarm Caught using a bait hive Video of the Transfer

Transferring a colony of bees from a swarm trap into a Kenyan Top Bar Hive. Inside the bait hive, we put a small super frame with old black brood comb and the bees absolutely loved it! As you can see...

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Hive Entrance of a Swarm colony transfer Top Bar Hive

This is a very strong colony of bees that was brought in from one of our swarm traps. They were transferred into the Top Bar Hive a few minutes before this video was taken. They are adjusting very...

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Spring has Sprung with Baby Goat Fun!!

Natural siblings...plenty of fighting and plenty of making up!"Woe did you see that!?"I just LOVE her face!! Look at those blue eyes!Run little Goat Run!!

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Fresh Picked Micro-greens Salad

Have you ever had a fresh salad? I mean VERY fresh, like you just picked it 5 minutes before you ate it fresh! If you have, then you know that there is just about NOTHING that can compare with the...

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Busy Busy Bees

Memorial Day is just another day in the busy busy buzzin life of a honey bee. Today was brew day! The guys brewed 40 gallons of beer and during all the pictures of beer brewing I took time out to...

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Peach and her babies

We have been ridiculously busy around here!! It has been crazy but so fun!! Although we have been busy and scrambling all over the place, these precious little goats just love to relax...and...

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1 dough recipe... MANY options

I have 1 recipe that I use extensively more than any other recipe in my kitchen! Its my Pizza Dough recipe...well, its not "my" pizza dough recipe, its actually Emily's! I got this recipe from her...

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Backyard Areas, How we make it all fit

I have no idea how I have been blogging about our backyard adventures for several years and didnt have a single overall picture to share! So here it is! The summer heat took its toll on our attempt at...

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Feeding Time

In the morning, everyone must eat! George loves to "help" feed the goats. I'm sure they are mostly just annoyed with him playing in every tiny bit of their food before they get to eat it. George is...

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Baby Chick Feeder DIY Super Easy Works Great!

We have more baby chicks here on our little farm and they sure do eat alot! Its quite frustrating to constantly be filling their food and then realize its all out again! I love these little feeders...

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Baby Chicks are here!!!

They arrived safely in a ventilated box picked up at the farmers market.We transferred them over to their cage where they can huddle up under the heat light and keep each other warmThey quickly found...

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1 week old baby chicks

These little baby chicks are so cute and fluffy!! They are 1 week old Cornish Cross meat birds. They grow quite fast and eat alot!!Look at the legs on this fella!! They are very curious and love to see...

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Day old baby chicks hatched January 1st Happy New Year

We tried our hand at hatching eggs and it was delightful!! We didn't have the best hatch rate due to not checking the incubator temperature and humidity with an extra thermometer. But we did get 5...

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Baby Chick Hatching in Genesis Hova Bator Incubator

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