Milkweed & Teasel

I have stumbled across a crop of medlars. I say 'stumbled' like it was part of some grand adventure. Really, the tree is just at th...

Mike came home from the feed store this afternoon with rolled barley for the sheep, and this for me: If you've never seen one before, ...

I always thought of spring as the busiest season. Trees bursting into bud, seeds needing to go in, baby animals being born and all that. I...

These twin Dorset ram lambs arrived Thursday. Mother and young are doing well - Mom and her two boys This little ewe lamb was born today, ...

And here's the exception to that rule. Pip only worked one day this week. Today is the official start of pheasant season in England, a...

"Are you cold? You're rumped up like an old starling." This is another of Mike's animal metaphors , but one I hadn't h...

The partridge season is excellent this year. Our unusually hot, dry summer suited these little birds and they've grown on well. They...