Being creative with barn wood

Well, Barn Wood might be stretching it a bit.  A piece of an old pallet is more accurate.  Cut into squares and hand painted by yours truely.

I think it came out quite good.  Got the idea from a wall hanging they had at our local home furnishings store-Thank you.

Anyone have ideas- I can make Christmas gifts!!

Field Burning

Harvest time is almost done here in Central Oregon-that means field burning.  Here goes the wheat stuble in the pivot field behind our house.

Newly Planted Pasture

Update on the newly planted pasture.  Having shared with you the tilling, planting and rolling of our back pasture by my mini farmers and equipment, I felt obligated to share in the growth of that project.

It is doing well.

New Member of the Sheep Family

Introducting our new Ram--"Romeo"   The ewes won't have his babies this year, but next year we hope to have some cute little freckle faced club lambs running around.  He is Dorset so hopefully by crossing him with our Hamp/Suffolk ewes we can have meater lambs that still taste as wonderful as those we have raised in the past.

Animals and Products

Just some updates on the animals and products here at The Jacobs Homestead.

Our lovely hens are producing quite well this month as the weather cools and the grass grows lush before the frost.  Here they are enjoying some left over goats milk from the morning milking.  Extra protien and calcium as well as a host of other vitamins and minerals.

Lilly the milk goat is also still producing quite well.

Let Fall Begin

As the summer heat presists here at the Jacobs' Homestead the acivities of fall begin full steam. As we charge ahead toward Fall the sheep are visiting their boyfriend, the Nanny goats await the arrival of theirs and the chickens continue to give us a dozen or so eggs each day. Clarabelle the soon to be milk cow is enjoying some peace and quiet on the newly planted pasture as she plays in youthful abandon. As for my mimi famrers they have skipped off to 1st grade and Pre School this Fall and are enjoying their new accedemic adventures. Tap dance has resumed as well so we here click click tap tap all over the house. Me, I am wondering what I will be doing with my newly aquired free time. With only the son and animals for company I might have to start my winter building projects early. Though the husband and I are still working on the new chicken house / loafing shed. Pictures coming soon.