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handmade34

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Sun Mar 4, 2012, 12:08 AM
Mar 2012
so wonderful for you!! Thank you so much for the photo



my life is not the same without the chicks and poults and nucs and spring lambs and seedlings and new piglets that used to bless my every spring...



my goal is to find land and be finished with my present job within the next year or two so I can once again regain my sanity and find the peace that comes from feeling dirt in my hands and hearing the morning sounds of a homestead...
And what lovely babies they are. Arkansas Granny Mar 2012 #1
Hi, Neighbor! bvar22 Mar 2012 #2
What fun it will be to watch them grow. applegrove Mar 2012 #3
... handmade34 Mar 2012 #4
They are adorable jannyk Mar 2012 #5
WE start them on "Chick Starter Food", bvar22 Mar 2012 #6
I just spent two days looking at pictures of chickens EFerrari Mar 2012 #7
We love our birds. bvar22 Mar 2012 #8
I used to love watching them take their afternoon constitutional EFerrari Mar 2012 #11
good for you. so glad you will be farming. mopinko Mar 2012 #9
I can't figure out how to lose the ants without poisoning the garden. EFerrari Mar 2012 #10
Tansy!! handmade34 Mar 2012 #12
Try Boiling Water. bvar22 Mar 2012 #13
I've never seen a mound and there have always been ants here. EFerrari Mar 2012 #14
diatomesceous earth. mopinko Mar 2012 #15
Ripley! EFerrari Mar 2012 #16
2-week update. bvar22 Mar 2012 #17
Fabulous! Thanks. jannyk Mar 2012 #18
Aww, supernova Mar 2012 #19
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