Auntie E's Knits

It's the end of the Chicken Era at Shady Grove. Our dear Heinrich got her neck chomped by roosting too closely to the edge of the enclos...

On Tuesday evening of July 14, our darling chicken Athena was broken out of her coop by a band of raccoons. She had many moments of blog gl...

Heinrich does it again! Year 8 of laying eggs started yesterday! Feels good to have a small food source in these uncertain times. Go wash y...

It's early March and right on cue: Ta - DA! Heinrich has laid the first egg for the SEVENTH year in a row! We'll see how productive...

There was snow and ice this week, but Spring is right around the corner! The proof is that Athena laid EGG #1 of the season yesterday, a stu...

Commence egg-laying, year FIVE!  We're not sure which chicken laid the egg. The size points toward Heinrich (posing here), but t...

It will be a few more weeks before I can muster enough time and energy for another Peru post. Instead, I give you Uncle Milty: Milty was iro...

A few weeks ago, The Farmer brought home three Bantam Silkie chicks; so cute! They spend a lot of time being alarmist and fearfully hiding b...

Win: one of our little Australorp chickens has started laying eggs!!! They are tiny and cute, and the most amazing purplish-flesh color. Sho...

Spring is here a month early. According to my photo records from last year, daffodils weren't blooming until April 19. ...

While the age of our chickens may not be the youngest any more, they seem to be harbingers of Spring.  Heinrich laid her first egg ...

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! The Farmer and I enjoyed our nephews and their parents as they visited for their Spring Break. This ...

Party time at the farm tonight! The graduate students were raising money for a school in Kenya again, by donating money and voting who sho...

"Finally..." should be the name of this delightful knit. It took me a long time to knit and finish this lovely lace-y goody:   ...

You may recall this event from a few years ago...  This evening the grad students were raising money for charity once again. Students ...

It's been a while since the alpacas have been featured, so here are some "candids" from this afternoon. Hanging out: Greta, ...