Friday, April 24, 2009

Circle G Farms

Welcome to Circle G Farms! For those of you who have not been out to experience our little place, here is a little history and some pictures.  When we bought the place it had the house, the garage/shop, and the deck around the tree.  In the last two years we have fenced and crossed fenced the property, added a barn, put in a garden - which James has started with vermicompost (simply put - worms), and now have 2 dogs, 2 horses, 3 goats (with babies on the way!), 6 laying hens, and 5 pigs.  In the future our plans include a goat pen, goat-proofing the west pasture, adding a more permanent pig barn, a straw-bale chicken coop with a large free-range yard, a riding arena, clearing the trees in the back to make more pasture area, a new pump house, a wind mill for aerating the pond so we can stock it with fish, etc.  Our "to-do" list never gets shorter even when we accomplish a project because we just keep adding to it!

Here is our humble abode

Our veggie garden last year.... we have now tripled the size and are planting a lot more variety this spring
Misty looking out the dutch doors of the barn we put had built in November of '07
View of my barn from the house.  The garage/shop in on the left.
My pride and joy.... Mystery Rose... lovingly called Misty.  This was in Texas at a show doing Cross Country - and we had a clear round!  We had a great dressage test and a clear stadium round - winning first place in my division!  I hope to start showing again (some day!).
CC - Hannah and Gabriel's pony
Circle G's alarm system and mole catchers: Reba and Xander

Reisling - our resident scrub and weed eater
Porsha and Zeva:  soon-to-be moms and hopeful milkers
Our farm fresh egg layers: Buffy, Dawn, Anya, Faith, Willow, and Cordelia 
Our Pigs: (from front to back) Belly Grub, Pork Chop, Ham, Bacon, and Chitlin
And that my friends concludes your tour of our farm.  We love having visitors and you are welcome any time (but we might put you to work!)

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