They look innocent enough, but my Icelandic Sheep are anything but.  For two days in a row, they have figured out how to cross the creek in two different locations and get on the other side of the fence surrounding Piscataway Acres.  Yesterday evening, they made a break for it.  This evening, after I got [...]

No, not the movement for gender equality, though there is that.  But our peach tree!  You may recall a post awhile back recounting the tragic story of our tree’s close encounter with a restless-toothed beaver.  Last year it was chomped down to an ugly stub.  It seemed unlikely to recover, but like many things in life, it surprised us.  Soon, this [...]

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As I was putting all the animals to bed tonight, I could hear the chicks in one of the rooms of the barn going crazy.  At first I thought that they were just extra hungry, but their ruckus was a lot louder than the normal “I am hungry” [...]

It is a well-known fact that groundhogs frequent gardens, but as many gardeners will tell you, they are not there to admire your begonias or to comment politely, but needlessly, on “how well the zuchinnis and squash are coming in.”  Aside from the exceptional melancholy artistic-type groundhogs who sit quietly in the corner sketching still lifes, groundhogs [...]

I wouldn’t exactly call it a drought that the DC area is experiencing, but one thing is for sure, it has been a while since we last had rain.   Water is funny.  You never have the right amount, or at least, that is how it feels.  But we always seem to complain about either too [...]

 
Thor, the noble Icelandic ram, was put down yesterday at 9:43 am. 
I knew the time was getting close as he was becoming more and more lethargic.  After learning that his nasal condition was a genetic defect that was incurable, I faced reality and knew that one day soon he would have to be relieved of [...]

Yesterday day was the Fourth of July.  For me, the day was marked by good food, friends, and fireworks.  The animals love holidays such as the Fourth of July because the humans eat a lot of tasty things like melons, salads, and the pigs personal favorite, strawberry shortcake with blueberries mixed in (red, white, and [...]

The day started out very nice for everyone here at Piscataway Acres.  As it is a weekend, the sheep and goats were let out into the woods to have the whole day to eat and play.  The two little lambs have great fun running around the yard, playing with each other and whoever else they [...]

As anyone who has ever met the animals here at Piscataway Acres knows, the goats love to jump on people.  Thankfully they are Nigerian Dwarfs, so they are smaller and manageable, but this is what I get for spoiling them rotten.
The other day I cleaned out the barn.  This required to pull out old hay, [...]

When I first went out today, it was late morning.  The heat was mounting and the animals were in a sedentary state.  The goats rested in a thoroughly shady spot under a cluster of trees in the yard.
The sheep have decided that one of their favorite cool spots is on the cement under the back porch. [...]