Woolly Dragon Farm: A Steampunk Homestead
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Warmer Weather
Freezing this morning, but with clear skies the temperature rapidly shot up. We took advantage of the warm weather to get outside and work on some projects that we’ve been talking about. Mainly, I ran to the store to buy lumber and soil and compost to create our first raised bed. After not having much…
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Worf
Our new pup Worf is nearly 6 months old now. He sure has grown since we got him in May. Here he is on the first night at our place, nearly 7 weeks old. 2 weeks later, sitting in Xander’s camping chair. And now, nearly 6 months old. He’s really tall, has gazelle legs, and…
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Turkey
We’ve been really bad about posting on the site, we think about it but don’t always get to it as often as we might like. Last time we posted about our new chickens and turkeys. The chickens and turkeys have all grown up now. The chickens aren’t quite at the egg-laying stage but the turkeys…
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Cluck cluck, Gobble gobble
Our neighbors (whose dogs killed our chickens) bought us some replacement chicks and when we were at the store picking them out we also picked up 4 turkey poults. They’re all in a brooder box in our living room. So far this time raising birds hasn’t been as messy. We’re using wood shavings instead of…
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Garden Update
We’ve had such a cold and wet spring so our garden has gotten a late start. April 11th was one of our first nice days (that also coincided with Ryan’s days off!) and Xander and Ryan turned over the garden bed. The problem with doing catch up posts is things are out of order, when…
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Sad and Angry
I was going to title this post Massacre or Tragedy but those seem over the top and Sad and Angry really is what I am feeling. I looked out the window this morning and saw weird things in the yard, at first I thought it was the wood shavings we use for bedding but they…
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Spring
Spring is here according to the calendar but our weather seems to be confused. This week we’ve had snow and hail and this morning we woke to a layer of frost on everything. Last week we had a dry day, not sunny but at least not raining. We took advantage of it and got some…
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Going Primal, & Missing Mango
I haven’t felt good in quite a while. Achy, fatigued, moody, just not all that great. I’ve also been putting on weight, getting up to the heaviest that I’ve ever weighed at 174lbs. I’ve been a fan of going barefoot — made a huge difference for my plantar fasciitis — but I haven’t really been…
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Chicken Run
Our chickens roam around our 1.24 acre property and seem content to remain on our side of the fence. One time a chicken jumped the fence into the neighbor’s yard. He chased her with a big fishing net but couldn’t catch her — when I picked her up and brought her back to our yard…
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List of Projects
Projects abound here at Woolly Dragon Farm. The writing business takes up much of my time but I try to find time to get in work on the place too. And I want to post more regularly to this blog. If I could only pack in a few more hours into each day it’d be…
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