Tune in for a recap of the new peahen, Mimi's recent illness and my publishing crazy trials and tribulations. This episode is pretty funny.
The farmettes took a roadtrip to a peacock farm in Lapeer Michigan looking for a peahen for our peacock Cupid. We need a name for this silver and blue pied hen.
Ahh, don't tell. I'm supposed to be doing my morning chores but I got sidetracked. Listen to the sound of the barn on a snowy Saturday morning.
Fanciful farms added 3 young peafowl to the farm recently and although we knew the sex of our blues we were unsure about the white one. Boy or girl???? The DNA tests stem just in and the results are... drum roll please... dddddd. Tune in to find out.
Join me for a recap on this past week on the farm. Let's peek inside the Baker Creek seed catalog Help me order my seeds and plan a themed garden. Salad themed or beautiful poppies? Hmm, I cant decide.
Let's talk about seasonal depression or what I like to call the winter blues. I'll share my experiences with depression and what helps me through the long winters here in Michigan.
I know, I know I said I would'nt but I couldnt help myself. I needed something to break up the winter doldrums.
Where are the girls of fanciful farming this weekend? Why do we rescue?
Do you know about Chicken math? How many chickens before it's enough? The Fanciful farmettes have another chicken.
In this episode we talk about the art of raising and releasing Monarch butterflies. I interviewed our expert butterfly conservationist Danielle Raad about the basics of raising Monarchs. Future episodes will cover more ground including the migration of the Monarch to Mexico.
Join me on a journey of owning and loving a little farm. My first podcast is how my childhood dream of owning a little farm came true. In future episodes we will talk about horses, chickens, goats, bees, gardening and raising butterflies. I can't wait to share how farming can be fancy and fun.
Get the fresh scoop on the book Saving Olivia about to be released. Hear the back story and how this book came about. "What do you want?" I asked. "To live!" She said.