This evening, as I was watering the garden, I noticed several small trees missing from the other side of Piscataway Creek.  As noted in a previous blog, we have been seeing signs of a beaver.  As I continued to water the garden, I was surprised by the bold beaver, surfacing right in front of where [...]

I am allergic to poison ivy and unfortunately, there is a lot of poison ivy here at Piscataway Acres.  I really hate this noxious weed.  Years ago, I would go on poison ivy eradication missions.  I would suit myself up and go out with some toxic substance and spray the nasty plant until it was [...]

As I sit here in the sweltering heat and humidity, I munch on delicious, sweet raspberries picked this morning and placed in the refrigerator to cool.  Although I enjoy them fresh off the vine, on a hot day like today, they are very refreshing to eat chilled.  Raspberries have a great color and I have [...]

A year ago, prior to putting up a wooden privacy fence, we hired a small company to take down a dead tree, but not to haul it away.  Heavy as they were, the remains of that tree were not moved for some time.  It was like a funeral that never ended, a community of bereaved logs dressed as stumps paying [...]

The garden is planted.  This year, I think I will be a bit more successful with the harvest than previous years as heavy duty fences have been put up around the grains, vegtables, berries, and fruits.  Last year I had thought a nice cheap fence of chicken wire would do the trick.  But alas, it [...]

Another case of a pet potbellied pig (arthritic, no less) being put out to pasture and not in a good way because of needless interference of official and non-official busybodies .   You can see from the photograph how happy this pig is with his 78 year old owner and he isn’t disrupting his neighborhood in any consequential way whatsoever: 
He spends his days [...]

Sara from Farmama documents her first experiences with Nigerian Dwarf Goats.  You can also read about her endeavors to become self-sufficient, including raising honey bees.  Very cool.

Terri from Red Brick Road Farm has a good article up on the “psyche of sheep.”  What would you do if a bridge you used everday suddenly disappeared?

Most of us know that Alpaca wool is very soft, warm, and strong.  What many may not know is that it absorbs oil really well.  An article from the New Orleans Times describes how an Alpaca Farm in Pennsyvania is donating wool to help absorb some of the spilled oil. 
According to the article, “The alpaca hair [...]

There have been several posts the last few weeks about the health and well being of the Icelandic ram Thor (Thor the Energizer Bunny, Update on Thor, Poor Sick Thor).  I am happy to report that Thor is doing very well.  His breathing is all cleared up and his nose isn’t running anymore.  All of [...]