Thursday, May 19, 2011

Farm Friend and Farmgirl Friday #8

Hello farm friends, I sure hope you are having a great May. We’ve been so busy and I haven’t been a good blog buddy over the last few months. Last Friday Blogger was down in the morning so I wasn’t able to post Farm Friend Friday. I do apologize for the inconvenience for all of you who wanted to join up. Things are going fine here at Verde Farm but what a difficult spring this has been.

It has been raining for at least 140 days, or so it seems. I’ve considered building the ark and I know we have a good start on the animals we would need to take with us. We started our vegetable garden in April but have yet to fully finish it due to the ongoing weather trials. 3 of our 100 year old trees fell during high wind storms and having those cleared out left a big mess. I will not complain too much though, as those south of here are in a crisis of horrific proportions.

I feel so terrible for the farm communities that are going to be flooded to help the greater good. There is just no good answer to these situations and I can’t imagine what they are facing and hope it isn’t as bad as it could be.

On a positive note, we believe Pansy is pregnant although not 100% sure. She is certainly getting bigger and all signs point in the right direction. We just had 20 baby ducklings this week and they are absolutely precious. If any of you are interested in muscovies, we will be selling these. Some are solid yellow, our first solids, which will turn white as they grow. Their momma has already had them in the pond.

So, I hope all is well in your world and look forward to reading up on you over the next few days...



All you farm loving bloggers can join us here on Friday’s to share posts about your farm: house, cooking, crafting, animals, gardening, photography and more. It will be a great way to meet new farm friends and see lots of different views and perspectives on farm life. We can’t wait to see all the posts shared, so here are the directions:


Let the farm friendzy begin...

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  • Visit your neighbors by hopping around to all the posts shared
  • Say hello, so they know you came to visit 
  • Become a follower if you like
  • We will leave it up all weekend to give everyone plenty of time to enjoy the party


Thursday, May 5, 2011

Farm Friend and Farmgirl Friday #6


All you farm loving bloggers can join us here on Friday’s to share posts about your farm: house, cooking, crafting, animals, gardening, photography and more. It will be a great way to meet new farm friends and see lots of different views and perspectives on farm life. We can’t wait to see all the posts shared, so here are the directions:


Let the farm friendzy begin...

Hosted by:


  • Click on the “click here to enter” below
  • Follow the steps to link your post and picture
  • Link back here with a shared link or use our button or the Farmgirl Friday button 
  • Visit your neighbors by hopping around to all the posts shared
  • Say hello, so they know you came to visit 
  • Become a follower if you like
  • We will leave it up all weekend to give everyone plenty of time to enjoy the party


Thursday, April 28, 2011

Farm Friend and Farmgirl Friday #5


All you farm loving bloggers can link up here on Friday’s to share posts about your farm: house, cooking, crafting, animals, gardening, photography and more. It will be a great way to meet new farm friends and see lots of different views and perspectives on farm life. We can’t wait to see all the posts shared, so here are the directions:


Let the farm friendzy begin...

Hosted by:


  • Click on the “click here to enter” below
  • Follow the steps to link your post and picture
  • Link back here with a shared link or use our button or the Farmgirl Friday button 
  • Visit your neighbors by hopping around to all the posts shared
  • Say hello, so they know you came to visit 
  • Become a follower if you like
  • We will leave it up all weekend to give everyone plenty of time to enjoy the party

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Farm Friend and Farmgirl Friday #4

Hello everyone, can you believe it’s almost Easter? April is flying by so quickly. I’ve been on the road again this week in beautiful Roanoke, Virginia. It was gorgeous and so many trees and spring blooming bulbs to see. I’ve seen very little of Verde Farm lately but I captured a couple of pictures last weekend of my tulips and dogwood trees from our upstairs window. They have been spectacular.



Farmer says he is going to write a few posts to share with you to keep everyone up to date on farm happenings. Until then, a few points of interest:
  • Porter has become a man and although he is still much smaller than Pansy, he is in love! Piglets may be a reality in 2011!
  • Our calico-cochins are sitting on their first nest, so we will have chicks sometime in the next month.
  • Zephyr, the peacock is in full plumage and boy has he found his voice. Chloris, his peahen, is playing “hard to get” and he is not happy and tells everyone about it. Our poor neighbors.
  • We have our first weddings officially booked for summer 2011. Can’t wait to share all the plans with you as we get closer. 
  • Farmer started his garden this week and built some raised beds for the first time. He painted them periwinkle and they look so pretty. His garden is going to be fantastic. 



So, spring has been good so far and we hope the same for you!

It’s time for Farm Friend and Farmgirl Friday and we can't wait. Let's see how many farm life lovers drop in this week.

Let the farm friendzy begin...

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  • Click on the “click here to enter” below
  • Follow the steps to link your post and picture
  • Link back here with a shared link or use our button or the Farmgirl Friday button 
  • Visit your neighbors by hopping around to all the posts shared
  • Say hello, so they know you came to visit 
  • Become a follower if you like
  • We will leave it up all weekend to give everyone plenty of time to enjoy the party
Happy Easter